Bluebeard

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1628467622
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)

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Book Synopsis Bluebeard by : Casie E. Hermansson

Download or read book Bluebeard written by Casie E. Hermansson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-03-05 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bluebeard is the main character in one of the grisliest and most enduring fairy tales of all time. A serial wife murderer, he keeps a horror chamber in which remains of all his previous matrimonial victims are secreted from his latest bride. She is given all the keys but forbidden to open one door of the castle. Astonishingly, this fairy tale was a nursery room staple, one of the tales translated into English from Charles Perrault's French Mother Goose Tales. Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition is the first major study of the tale and its many variants (some, like “Mr. Fox,” native to England and America) in English: from the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century chapbooks, children's toybooks, pantomimes, melodramas, and circus spectaculars, through the twentieth century in music, literature, art, film, and theater. Chronicling the story's permutations, the book presents examples of English true-crime figures, male and female, called Bluebeards, from King Henry VIII to present-day examples. Bluebeard explores rare chapbooks and their illustrations and the English transformation of Bluebeard into a scimitar-wielding Turkish tyrant in a massively influential melodramatic spectacle in 1798. Following the killer's trail over the years, Casie E. Hermansson looks at the impact of nineteenth-century translations into English of the German fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and the particularly English story of how Bluebeard came to be known as a pirate. This book will provide readers and scholars an invaluable and thorough grasp on the many strands of this tale over centuries of telling.

Bluebeard

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604732313
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)

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Book Synopsis Bluebeard by : Casie Hermansson

Download or read book Bluebeard written by Casie Hermansson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the ever-evolving fairy tale about the murderous aristocrat and his endangered wife

Bluebeard

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604733535
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Bluebeard by : Casie Hermansson

Download or read book Bluebeard written by Casie Hermansson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bluebeard is the main character in one of the grisliest and most enduring fairy tales. A serial wife murderer, he keeps a horror chamber in which remains of all his previous matrimonial victims are secreted from his latest bride. She is given all the keys but forbidden to open one door of the castle. This is a major study of the tale and its many variants in English: from the 18th and 19th century chapbooks, children's toybooks, pantomimes, melodramas, and circus spectaculars, to the 20th century in music, literature, art, film, and theatre.

Bluebeard

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Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0307567206
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis Bluebeard by : Kurt Vonnegut

Download or read book Bluebeard written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Ranks with Vonnegut’s best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction.”—The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story—and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man’s careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves. Praise for Bluebeard “Vonnegut is at his edifying best.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents—satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions.”—The Cincinnati Post “[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric.”—San Francisco Chronicle “It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut. . . . Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty.”—USA Today “Is Bluebeard good? Yes! . . . This is vintage Vonnegut—good wine from his best grapes.”—The Detroit News “A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives.”—Kansas City Star

The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book; Containing The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, The Baby's Own Alphabet

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Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781018579320
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (793 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book; Containing The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, The Baby's Own Alphabet by : Walter Crane

Download or read book The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book; Containing The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, The Baby's Own Alphabet written by Walter Crane and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Inside Bluebeard's Castle

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195355059
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Inside Bluebeard's Castle by : Carl S. Leafstedt

Download or read book Inside Bluebeard's Castle written by Carl S. Leafstedt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length examination of Bartók's 1911 opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, one of the twentieth century's enduring operatic works. Writing in an engaging style, Leafstedt adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the opera by introducing, in addition to music-dramatic analysis, a number of topics that are new to the field of Bartók studies. These new areas of critical and scholarly terrain include a detailed literary study of the libretto and a gender-focused analysis of the opera's female character, Judith. Leafstedt begins with a short introductory chapter that places Duke Bluebeard's Castle within the context of Bartók's early composing career, his discovery of folk music, and its impact on his later work. The book goes on to explore the composition's troubled history, its failure to win two early Hungarian opera competitions, and the three versions of the ending that resulted, discussed here in depth for the first time. The core of the book is devoted to the musical and dramatic organization of the opera and offers an analysis of the seven individual door scenes, including a detailed analysis of scene six, the "lake of tears" scene, illustrating the work's complex tonal organization and dramatic structure. A separate chapter places this darkly psychological version of the Bluebeard story within the broader context of European history and literature. Throughout the book, Leafstedt draws on original Hungarian source material, much of it newly translated by the author and available here for the first time in English, and he includes a generous selection of musical examples. Inside Bluebeard's Castle is an ideal starting point for research in twentieth-century music, Hungarian cultural history, and opera studies, as well as an invaluable guide for anyone interested in Bartók's only opera.

Secrets Beyond the Door

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691127832
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Book Synopsis Secrets Beyond the Door by : Maria Tatar

Download or read book Secrets Beyond the Door written by Maria Tatar and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maria Tatar analyses the many forms the tale of Bluebeard's wife has taken over time, showing how artists have taken the Bluebeard theme and revived it with their own signature twists.

Blue Beard (Illustrated)

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781727650525
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)

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Book Synopsis Blue Beard (Illustrated) by : Charles Perrault

Download or read book Blue Beard (Illustrated) written by Charles Perrault and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare edition with unique illustrations. Along with the collections of Andersen, Lang, and the Brothers Grimm, the Fairy tales of Charles Perrault is among the great books of European fairy tales. These stories have been enjoyed by generation after generation of children in many countries, and are here, waiting to be enjoyed again. "Blue beard" is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passe. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.

The Seven Wives of Bluebeard & Other Marvellous Tales

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Publisher : London : J. Lane
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis The Seven Wives of Bluebeard & Other Marvellous Tales by : Anatole France

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In Bluebeard's Castle

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300017106
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis In Bluebeard's Castle by : George Steiner

Download or read book In Bluebeard's Castle written by George Steiner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents a penetrating analysis of the collapse of Western culture during the last half of the twentieth century

Salonnières, Furies, and Fairies, revised edition

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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1644532174
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (445 download)

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Book Synopsis Salonnières, Furies, and Fairies, revised edition by : Anne E. Duggan

Download or read book Salonnières, Furies, and Fairies, revised edition written by Anne E. Duggan and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original edition of Salonnières, Furies, and Fairies, published in 2005, was a pathbreaking work of early modern literary history, exploring women’s role in the rise of the fairy tale and their use of this new genre to carve out roles as major contributors to the literature of their time. This new edition, with a new introduction and a forward by acclaimed scholar Allison Stedman, emphasizes the scholarly legacy of Anne Duggan’s original work, and its continuing field-changing implications. The book studies the works of two of the most prolific seventeenth-century women writers, Madeleine de Scudéry and Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy. Analyzing their use of the novel, the chronicle, and the fairy tale, Duggan examines how Scudéry and d'Aulnoy responded to and participated in the changes of their society, but from different generational and ideological positions. This study also takes into account the history of the salon, an unofficial institution that served as a locus for elite women's participation in the cultural and literary production of their society. In order to highlight the debates that emerged with the increased participation of aristocratic women within the public sphere, the book also explores the responses of two academicians, Nicolas Boileau and Charles Perrault.

The Postmodern Fairytale

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230591701
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis The Postmodern Fairytale by : Kevin Paul Smith

Download or read book The Postmodern Fairytale written by Kevin Paul Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Shrek one of the greatest selling DVDs of all time? Why are shampoo advertisements based on Sleeping Beauty? Why is it that the same simple stories keep being told? This study attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places and why the best storytellers begin their tales with 'once upon a time'.

Annotated Classic Fairy Tales

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393051636
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Annotated Classic Fairy Tales by : Maria Tatar

Download or read book Annotated Classic Fairy Tales written by Maria Tatar and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-six classic fairy tales are supplemented by extensive literary, cultural, and historical commentary.

Bluebeard Gothic

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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442698888
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Book Synopsis Bluebeard Gothic by : Heta Pyrhönen

Download or read book Bluebeard Gothic written by Heta Pyrhönen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-03-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Bluebeard,' the tale of a sadistic husband who murders his wives and locks away their bodies, has inspired hundreds of adaptations since it first appeared in 1697. In Bluebeard Gothic, Heta Pyrhönen argues that Charlotte Brontë's 1847 classic Jane Eyre can be seen as one such adaptation, and that although critics have been slow to realize the connection, authors rewriting Brontë's novel have either intuitively or intentionally seized on it. Pyrhönen begins by establishing that the story of Jane Eyre is intermingled with the 'Bluebeard' tale, as young Jane moves between households, each dominated by its own Bluebeard figure. She then considers rewritings of Jane Eyre, such as Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) and Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale (2006), to examine how novelists have interpreted the status and meaning of 'Bluebeard' in Brontë's novel. Using psychoanalysis as the primary model of textual analysis, Bluebeard Gothic focuses on the conjunction of religion, sacrifice, and scapegoating to provide an original interpretation of a canonical and frequently-studied text.

The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz

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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528792335
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Book Synopsis The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz by : Thomas Wilson

Download or read book The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz written by Thomas Wilson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz” is Thomas Wilson's 1899 biography of Gilles de Rais (1405–1440), a French knight and lord who led the French army and was one of Joan of Arc's companion-in-arms. Rais lived an extravagant life and even dabbled in the occult before being hanged for a series of child murders in 1440 in Nantes. It is believed that Rais was the inspiration for "Bluebeard", a French folktale of a wealthy man who murders all of his wives but his last, whose brothers finally put an end to him and his terrible crimes. Contents include: “Gilles De Retz”, “Gilles as a Soldier”, “Gille’s Life at Home in Brittany”, “Gilles’s Crimes”, “Gilles’s Trial Before the Ecclesiastical Tribunal”, “The Trial Before the Civil Court”, “The Execution”, “Mother Goose Publications”, “Bluebeard Stories”, “Mystery of the Siege of Orleans”, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic biography now in a brand new edition complete with an introductory biography from “Encyclopaedia Britannica” (1911).

Notes and Queries

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1124 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Ariane & Bluebeard

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253063183
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis Ariane & Bluebeard by : Matthew G. Brown

Download or read book Ariane & Bluebeard written by Matthew G. Brown and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: — Matthew Brown developed this project through his founding of TableTopOpera, a group of scholars and performers committed to performing multimedia projects promoting classical music to general audiences. TableTop's production, a reductionist fantasy based on Ariane et Barbe-bleue, played an adaptation of Paul Dukas's original score while panels of P. Craig Russell's popular graphic novel Ariane and Bluebeard, Op. 26 streaked across the auditorium screen. Brown wrote the score and the show was called "a miracle of collaborative creation" thanks to "all editing decisions made in regard not only to Brown's profound knowledge of the epoch and Russell's passion for the opera but of the demanding virtuosos who would be playing it, for the multimedia skills it would require – and for a strong commitment to the integrity of the original score." Th. Emil Homerin produced the show. This book, based off the performance project, already is being marketed through TableTopOpera. Contributors to the volume include an opera singer and instructor from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Bluebeard's Castle, the celebrated comic and graphic artist P. Craig Russell, and scholars in classics, religion, history, women and gender studies, and rare books. — Although the premier of Ariane et Barbe-bleue is frequently lauded as a landmark in operatic history, there is at present no book devoted solely to its history, structure, reception, and cultural implications. — This book will stand out on our music list and contribute to our reputation for publishing books on multimedia topics by touching on such diverse subjects as opera, comic books, and animated movies. Further, it contributes to our list of significant works on women and gender studies. — Our target audience includes students, scholars, and readers interested in musicology, particularly Paul Dukas, French music, and multimedia opera. Other related interests include histories of print, multimedia, and comic works, philosophical discussion of Plato and mysticism, and French symbolist literature.