Fairy Tale Queens: Representations of Early Modern Queenship (Queenship and Power)

Carney, J.

ISBN 10: 1137269685 / ISBN 13: 9781137269683

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2012), 2012

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Synopsis :

Most of today's familiar fairy tales come from the stories of Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen, but this innovative study encourages us to explore the marvelous tales of authors from the early modern period Giovanni Straparola, Giambattista Basile, Madame Marie-Catherine D'Aulnoy, and others whose works enrich and expand the canon. As author Jo Eldridge Carney shows, the queen is omnipresent in these stories, as much a hallmark of the genre as other familiar characteristics such as the number three, magical objects, and happy endings. That queens occupy such space in early modern tales is not surprising given the profound influence of so many powerful queens in the political landscapes of early modern England and Europe. Carney makes a powerful argument for the historical relevance of fairy tales and, by exploring the dynamic intersection between fictional and actual queens, shows how history and folk literature mutually enrich our understanding of the period.

À propos de l?auteur:

Jo Eldridge Carney is Associate Professor of English at The College of New Jersey, USA. She is the author of essays on sixteenth-century literature, Shakespeare, and fairy tales and has edited essay collections o the early modern period.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Fairy Tale Queens: Representations of Early ...
Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2012)
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
Edition : 2012.