This project provides an in-depth study of narratives about Bluebeard and his wives, or narratives with identifiable Bluebeard motifs, and the intertextual and extratextual personal, political, literary, and sociocultural factors that have made the tale a particularly fertile ground for an author 's adaptation of the story. Whereas Charles Dickens, for example, expresses a sympathetic identification with Bluebeard, and a discernable strain of misogyny emerges in his recreation of the tale and recurrent allusions to it, his contemporary, William Makepeace Thackeray, uses the tale as a springboard for his critique of avarice, hypocrisy, pretension, and the subjugation of women in Victorian society.
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This project provides an in-depth study of narratives about Bluebeard and his wives, or narratives with identifiable Bluebeard motifs, and the intertextual and extratextual personal, political, literary, and sociocultural factors that have made the tale a particularly fertile ground for an author 's adaptation of the story. Whereas Charles Dickens, for example, expresses a sympathetic identification with Bluebeard, and a discernable strain of misogyny emerges in his recreation of the tale and recurrent allusions to it, his contemporary, William Makepeace Thackeray, uses the tale as a springboard for his critique of avarice, hypocrisy, pretension, and the subjugation of women in Victorian society.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Studies in Folklore and Fairy Tales |
Release date | April 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2009 |
Authors | Shuli Barzilai |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 194 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-99468-2 |
Barcode | 9780415994682 |
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LSN | 0-415-99468-3 |