Miracles of love : French fairy tales by women / edited by Nora Martin Peterson ; translated by Jordan Stump.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peterson, Nora Martin, editor.

Stump, Jordan, 1959- translator.

Series:

Texts and translations. Translations ; 38.

Texts and translations. 1079-2538 ; 38.

Standardized Title:

Prodiges d'amour. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--France--Translations into English.

Fairy tales.

French fiction--Women authors--Translations into English.

French fiction.

French fiction--17th century--Translations into English.

French fiction--Women authors.

France.

Genre:

Fairy tales.

Translations.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 244 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2022.

Summary:

"An English translation of fairy tales published by women in seventeenth-century France. Explores themes of love, marriage, sexuality, gender relations, and female education and literacy. Includes works by Catherine Bernard, Catherine Durand, Charlotte-Rose Caumont de la Force, Marie-Jeanne L'héritier de Villandon, and Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat, with brief biographies of the authors"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Collections in first fairy-tale vogue (1690-1703)

Source texts and other editions consulted

Suggested reading

Translator's note

Tufty Riquet / Catherine Bernard

A miracle of love / Catherine Durand

Green and blue / Charlotte-Rose Caumont de la Force

The quick-witted princess; or, Finette's adventures / Marie-Jeanne L'héritier de Villandon

The wonders of eloquence; or, The virtues of a civil tongue / Marie-Jeanne L'héritier de Villandon

The Pleasant Punishment / Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat

Anguillette / Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Miracles of love

ISBN:

9781603295741

1603295747

OCLC:

1258041587