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Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned : Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition / Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oddly modern fairy tales.
- Oddly Modern Fairy Tales ; 11
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories, French--Translations into English.
- Children's stories, French.
- French fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
- French fiction.
- French fiction--19th century--Translations into English.
- Fairy tales--France.
- Fairy tales.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 255 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned collects thirty-six tales, many newly translated, by writers associated with the decadent literary movement, which flourished in France in the late nineteenth century. Written by such creative luminaries as Charles Baudelaire, Anatole France, and Guillaume Apollinaire, these enchanting yet troubling stories reflect the concerns and fascinations of a time of great political, social, and cultural change. Recasting well-known favorites from classic French fairy tales, as well as Arthurian legends and English and German tales, the updated interpretations in this collection allow for more perverse settings and disillusioned perspectives-a trademark style and ethos of the decadent tradition.In these stories, characters puncture the optimism of the naive, talismans don't work, and the most deserving don't always get the best rewards. The fairies are commonly victims of modern cynicism and technological advancement, but just as often are dangerous creatures corrupted by contemporary society. The collection underlines such decadent themes as the decline of civilization, the degeneration of magic and the unreal, gender confusion, and the incursion of the industrial. The volume editors provide an informative introduction, biographical notes for each author, and explanatory notes throughout.Subverting the conventions of the traditional fairy tale, these old tales made new will entertain and startle even the most disenchanted readers.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Translators' Note and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- TALES
- Charles Baudelaire
- Alphonse Daudet
- Catulle Mendès
- Jules Lemaître
- Paul Arène
- Jules Ricard
- Marcel Schwob
- Willy
- Henri de Régnier
- Rachilde
- Jacques d'Adelswärd- Fersen
- Jean Lorrain
- Renée Vivien
- Albert Mockel
- Pierre Veber
- Anatole France
- Emile Bergerat
- Guillaume Apollinaire
- Claude Cahun
- Bibliography
- Biographical Notes
- Notes:
- "The present volume contains thirty-five fairy tales by nineteen writers, presented chronologically by author"--Introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781400883455
- 1400883458
- OCLC:
- 959278228
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