Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690-1715
Download or Read eBook Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690-1715 PDF written by Lewis C. Seifert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Lewis C. Seifert |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 1996-11-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 052155005X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521550055 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690-1715 by : Lewis C. Seifert
Book excerpt: Between 1690 and 1715, well over one hundred literary fairy tales appeared in France, two-thirds of them written by women. The first part of this book situates the rise of this genre within the literary and historical context of late-seventeenth-century France, and the second part examines the representation of sexuality, masculinity and femininity within selected groups of tales. The book proposes a new model for the application of feminist and gender theory to the literary fairy tale, from whatever national tradition.
