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Beauty and the beast : the original story / Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve ; edited and translated by Aurora Wolfgang.
LIBRA PQ2068.V4 A62713 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon, dame de, approximately 1695-1755, author.
- Series:
- Other voice in early modern Europe. Toronto series ; 74.
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 569.
- The other voice in early modern Europe: the Toronto series ; 74
- Medieval and renaissance texts and studies ; volume 569
- Standardized Title:
- Belle et la Bête. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Beauty and the beast (Tale)--History and criticism.
- Beauty and the beast (Tale).
- Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon, dame de, approximately 1695-1755.
- Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon.
- Fairy tales--France--History--18th century.
- Fairy tales.
- History.
- France.
- Genre:
- Fairy tales.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 191 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Iter Press ; Tempe, Arizona : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "English translation of the original version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, written in the mid-eighteenth century by the French noblewoman Madame de Villeneuve, whose authorship was forgotten as the tale was elaborated and transformed over the next 250 years"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction. La Belle et la Bête and "the other voice"
- Life and works of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
- The literary fairy tale and women writers
- A young woman's coming-of-age in eighteenth-century France
- Powerful women: fairies, queens, and Amazons
- Weak men: the beast, the merchant, and the king
- Exotic destinations and marvelous lands
- The afterlife of La Belle et la Bête
- Note on the translation
- The Young American Girl and Tales at Sea by Madame de ***. Dedication to Madame Feydeau de Marville
- Preface
- Sailing to the New World
- Story of the Beauty and the Beast
- Story of the Beast
- Story of the Lady Fairy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780866986274
- 0866986278
- OCLC:
- 1110675000
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