Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned : Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition /
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned : Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition /
ed. by Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert.
- 1 online resource (296 p.) : 14 halftones.
- Oddly Modern Fairy Tales ; 11 .
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
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691161655 9781400883455
10.1515/9781400883455 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Albert Mockel. Alphonse Daudet. Beauty and the Beast. Belle Époque. Blue Beard. Brothers Grimm. Catulle Mendès. Charles Perrault. Claude Cahun. Emile Bergerat. Flowers of Evil. Félicien Rop. Hansel and Gretel. Henri de Régnier. Henry Gauthier-Villars. J-K Huysmans. Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen. Jean Lorrain. Jules Lemaître. Jules Ricard. Les Diaboliques. Les Fleurs du mal. Les Sataniques. Madame d'Aulnoy. Marcel Schwob. Paul Arène. Pierre Veber. Rachilde. Renée Vivien. Rumpelstiltskin. The Tinderbox. The Valiant Tailor. Three Billy Goats Gruff. Willy. fin de siècle.
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691161655 9781400883455
10.1515/9781400883455 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Albert Mockel. Alphonse Daudet. Beauty and the Beast. Belle Époque. Blue Beard. Brothers Grimm. Catulle Mendès. Charles Perrault. Claude Cahun. Emile Bergerat. Flowers of Evil. Félicien Rop. Hansel and Gretel. Henri de Régnier. Henry Gauthier-Villars. J-K Huysmans. Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen. Jean Lorrain. Jules Lemaître. Jules Ricard. Les Diaboliques. Les Fleurs du mal. Les Sataniques. Madame d'Aulnoy. Marcel Schwob. Paul Arène. Pierre Veber. Rachilde. Renée Vivien. Rumpelstiltskin. The Tinderbox. The Valiant Tailor. Three Billy Goats Gruff. Willy. fin de siècle.