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Beauty and the beast : the original story
- Title
- Beauty and the beast : the original story / Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve ; edited and translated by Aurora Wolfgang.
- Author
- Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon, dame de, approximately 1695-1755
- Publication
- Toronto, Ontario : Iter Press ; Tempe, Arizona : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wolfgang, Aurora
- Description
- xvii, 191 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "English translation of the original version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, written in the mid-eighteenth century by the French noblewoman Madame de Villeneuve, whose authorship was forgotten as the tale was elaborated and transformed over the next 250 years"--
- Series Statement
- The other voice in early modern Europe: the Toronto series ; 74
- Medieval and renaissance texts and studies ; volume 569
- Uniform Title
- Belle et la Bête. English
- Other voice in early modern Europe. Toronto series ; 74.
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 569.
- Alternative Title
- Belle et la Bête.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Fairy tales.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- Introduction. La Belle et la Bête and "the other voice" -- Life and works of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve -- The literary fairy tale and women writers -- A young woman's coming-of-age in eighteenth-century France -- Powerful women: fairies, queens, and Amazons -- Weak men: the beast, the merchant, and the king -- Exotic destination and marvelous lands -- The afterlife of La Belle et la Bête -- Note on the translation -- The Young American Girl and Tales at Sea by Madame de ***. Dedication to Madame Feydeau de Marville -- Preface -- Sailing to the New World -- Story of the Beauty and the Beast -- Story of the Beast -- Story of the Lady Fairy
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2551
- ISBN
- 9780866986274
- 0866986278
- LCCN
- 2019028729
- OCLC
- 1110675000
- Author
- Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon, dame de, approximately 1695-1755, author.
- Title
- Beauty and the beast : the original story / Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve ; edited and translated by Aurora Wolfgang.
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario : Iter Press ; Tempe, Arizona : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The other voice in early modern Europe: the Toronto series ; 74Medieval and renaissance texts and studies ; volume 569Other voice in early modern Europe. Toronto series ; 74.Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 569.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Added Author
- Wolfgang, Aurora, editor, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2551