Prodiges d'Amour

Contes de Fées Au Féminin
Critical Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-60329-571-0
Verlag: Modern Language Association of America

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: MLA Texts and Translations

Before children's stories came to exemplify the French fairy tale, early modern audiences read the works of women writers known as conteuses. From the late seventeenth century through the Revolution, the conteuses published rich, complex tales that were popular in literary salons and elite courtly settings.

These unpredictable works feature candid representations of female desire, strong support for the education of women, and surprising twists on the fairy tale formulas familiar to readers of Charles Perrault. Not only witty and entertaining, the tales also comment on the unfair treatment of women that the authors saw in their own society.

Brief biographies introduce to new audiences writers who challenged social conventions, won popular and critical acclaim, and defined the fairy tale genre in their own time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peterson, Nora Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden