TY - BOOK AU - Schultz,Gretchen AU - Seifert,Lewis TI - Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition T2 - Oddly Modern Fairy Tales SN - 9780691161655 PY - 2016///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh KW - Albert Mockel KW - Alphonse Daudet KW - Beauty and the Beast KW - Belle Époque KW - Blue Beard KW - Brothers Grimm KW - Catulle Mendès KW - Charles Perrault KW - Claude Cahun KW - Emile Bergerat KW - Flowers of Evil KW - Félicien Rop KW - Hansel and Gretel KW - Henri de Régnier KW - Henry Gauthier-Villars KW - J-K Huysmans KW - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen KW - Jean Lorrain KW - Jules Lemaître KW - Jules Ricard KW - Les Diaboliques KW - Les Fleurs du mal KW - Les Sataniques KW - Madame d'Aulnoy KW - Marcel Schwob KW - Paul Arène KW - Pierre Veber KW - Rachilde KW - Renée Vivien KW - Rumpelstiltskin KW - The Tinderbox KW - The Valiant Tailor KW - Three Billy Goats Gruff KW - Willy KW - fin de siècle N1 - 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; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400883455 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400883455 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400883455.jpg ER -