Island of Happiness (eBook)

Tales of Madame d'Aulnoy

Madame D'Aulnoy (Autor)

Natalie Frank (Herausgeber)

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2021
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21366-8 (ISBN)

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An enchanting selection of Madame d'Aulnoy's seventeenth-century French fairy tales, interpreted by contemporary visual artist Natalie FrankMarie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville (1650-1705), also known as Madame d'Aulnoy, was a pioneer of the French literary fairy tale. Though d'Aulnoy's work now rarely appears outside of anthologies, her books were notably popular during her lifetime, and she was in fact the author who coined the term "e;fairy tales"e; (contes des fees). Presenting eight of d'Aulnoy's magical stories, The Island of Happiness juxtaposes poetic English translations with a wealth of original, contemporary drawings by Natalie Frank, one of today's most outstanding visual artists. In this beautiful volume, classic narratives are interpreted and made anew through Frank's feminist and surreal images.This feast of words and visuals presents worlds where women exercise their independence and push against rigid social rules. Fidelity and sincerity are valued over jealousy and greed, though not everything ends seamlessly. Selected tales include "e;Belle-Belle,"e; where an incompetent king has his kingdom restored to him through an androgynous heroine's constancy. In "e;The Green Serpent,"e; a heroine falls in love with the eponymous snake, is punished by a wicked fairy, and endures trials to prove her worthiness. And in "e;The White Cat,"e; a young prince is dazzled by the astonishing powers of a feline. Jack Zipes's informative introduction offers historical context, and Natalie Frank's opening essay delves into her aesthetic approaches to d'Aulnoy's characters.An inspired integration of art and text, The Island of Happiness is filled with seductive stories of transformation and enchantment.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.5.2021
• Einführung: Jack Zipes
• Illustrationen: Natalie Frank
• Übersetzer: Jack Zipes
• Zusatzinfo: 170 color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Aigrette • artist book • barque • Bible of Filth • Bourgeoisie • bridegroom • Caricature • carpet • chandelier • character flaw • Charles Perrault • circlet • complexion • confidant • contemporary artist • contemporary drawing • Correction (novel) • Courtier • crossing the line • Dangerous Beauty • Dan Nadel • delicacy • Droll • earring • Eloquence • espalier • Euphemism • Fairy tale • Fairy Tale Book • fairy tale drawings • Farce • feminist fairy tales • filigree • Finette Cendron • Fireplace • Foie Gras • garret • Generosity • gentleness • Giambattista Basile • Girandole • governess • grimm tales • grotesquerie • Helen of Troy • Henri Matisse • Historical Romance • Homo Americanus • Housewife • Humour • hyperbole • Idiot • In Death • independent woman • infatuation • Jack Zipes • knight-errant • La Chatte Blanche • lapis lazuli • laughter • Le Chevalier Fortune • Le Mouton • Le Serpentin Vert • L’Histoire de Mira • L’Ille de la Felicite • L’Oiseau Bleu • lutin • macabre • Madame d'Aulnoy • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art • Magnanimity • Marcel Dzama • Memoir • Misery (novel) • Misfortune (folk tale) • Morning dress • Most Secret • Mount Athos • My Child • narrative • necromancy • Ogre • orange blossom • oven • Pastel • pastel drawing • Pastille • peach • Petticoat • pity • plumage • Poetry • Pomade • Porcelain • Prose • Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets • purl • Queen Dowager • Raymond Petition • R. Crumb • Retinue • role-playing • Romanticism • Scented water • Shirt • Sincerity • Slavery • SMIRK • Sower of Discord • spanish wine • stepmother • Storytelling • surreal drawing • Sweetbread • Taffeta • The Blue Bird • The Book of Weirdo • The Golden Ass • The Green Serpent • The Heat of the Day • The Infidels • The Misunderstanding • The Other Hand • The Ram • The Tale of Mira • The Three Fairies • The Various • The Young Slave • Trapping • Travels (book) • Truffle • Vinegar • White pudding
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21366-6 / 0691213666
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21366-8 / 9780691213668