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Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned - Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition (Hardcover)
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Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned - Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition (Hardcover)
Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
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The wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her
grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and
Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are
saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned
collects thirty-six tales, many newly translated, by writers
associated with the decadent literary movement, which flourished in
France in the late nineteenth century. Written by such creative
luminaries as Charles Baudelaire, Anatole France, and Guillaume
Apollinaire, these enchanting yet troubling stories reflect the
concerns and fascinations of a time of great political, social, and
cultural change. Recasting well-known favorites from classic French
fairy tales, as well as Arthurian legends and English and German
tales, the updated interpretations in this collection allow for
more perverse settings and disillusioned perspectives--a trademark
style and ethos of the decadent tradition. In these stories,
characters puncture the optimism of the naive, talismans don't
work, and the most deserving don't always get the best rewards. The
fairies are commonly victims of modern cynicism and technological
advancement, but just as often are dangerous creatures corrupted by
contemporary society. The collection underlines such decadent
themes as the decline of civilization, the degeneration of magic
and the unreal, gender confusion, and the incursion of the
industrial. The volume editors provide an informative introduction,
biographical notes for each author, and explanatory notes
throughout. Subverting the conventions of the traditional fairy
tale, these old tales made new will entertain and startle even the
most disenchanted readers.
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