Author: Christine A. Jones
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814338933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Mother Goose Refigured presents annotated translations of Charles Perrault’s 1697 fairy tales that attend to the irony and ambiguity in the original French and provide a fresh take on heroines and heroes that have become household names in North America. Charles Perrault published Histoires ou Contes du temps passé ("Stories or Tales of the Past") in France in 1697 during what scholars call the first "vogue" of tales produced by learned French writers. The genre that we now know so well was new and an uncommon kind of literature in the epic world of Louis XIV's court. This inaugural collection of French fairy tales features characters like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Puss in Boots that over the course of the eighteenth century became icons of social history in France and abroad. Translating the original Histoires ou Contes means grappling not only with the strangeness of seventeenth-century French but also with the ubiquity and familiarity of plots and heroines in their famous English personae. From its very first translation in 1729, Histoires ou Contes has depended heavily on its English translations for the genesis of character names and enduring recognition. This dependability makes new, innovative translation challenging. For example, can Perrault's invented name "Cendrillon" be retranslated into anything other than "Cinderella"? And what would happen to our understanding of the tale if it were? Is it possible to sidestep the Anglophone tradition and view the seventeenth-century French anew? Why not leave Cinderella alone, as she is deeply ingrained in cultural lore and beloved the way she is? Such questions inspired the translations of these tales in Mother Goose Refigured, which aim to generate new critical interest in heroines and heroes that seem frozen in time. The book offers introductory essays on the history of interpretation and translation, before retranslating each of the Histoires ou Conteswith the aim to prove that if Perrault's is a classical frame of reference, these tales nonetheless exhibit strikingly modern strategies. Designed for scholars, their classrooms, and other adult readers of fairy tales, Mother Goose Refigured promises to inspire new academic interpretations of the Mother Goose tales, particularly among readers who do not have access to the original French and have relied for their critical inquiries on traditional renderings of the tales.
Author: Charles Perrault
Publisher: Fairy Tale Treasuries
ISBN: 9781841357270
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A spectacular menagerie of seven classic favourites tales from Charles Perrault in one beautiful volume, re-told and illustrated by Val Biro. Gold foiled, matt laminated cover with spot UV on the illustrations gives an extra special feel. A perfect gift.
Author: Jeri Studebaker
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1782790217
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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Who was Mother Goose? Where did she come from, and when? Although she’s one of the most beloved characters in Western literature, Mother Goose’s origins have seemed lost in the mists of time. Several have tried to pin her down, claiming she was the mother of Charlemagne, the wife of Clovis (King of the Franks), the Queen of Sheba, or even Elizabeth Goose of Boston, Massachusetts. Others think she’s related to mysterious goose-footed statues in old French churches called “Queen Pedauque.” This book delves deeply into the surviving evidence for Mother Goose’s origins – from her nursery rhymes and fairy tales as well as from relevant historical, mythological, and anthropological data. Until now, no one has ever confidently identified this intriguing yet elusive literary figure. So who was the real Mother Goose? The answer might surprise you.
Author: Charles Perrault
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The adventures of that rascal, Puss, and his master, the miller's son are here portrayed in a lavish series of illustrations that range from sumptuous grandeur to comedy both boisterous and sly.
Author: Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
Publisher: Dare Books
ISBN: 9780912444123
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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A collection of well known nursery rhymes illustrated with Black children. Includes some Swahili vocabulary.
Author: Adam Bradley
Publisher: Civitas Books
ISBN: 0465094414
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hop's revolution of poetic craft and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song render poetic meter audible, allowing an MC's wordplay to move a club-full of eager listeners. Examining rap history's most memorable lyricists and their inimitable techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores America's least understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves.
Author: Arnold Lobel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534474358
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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"Formerly published as The Random House book of Mother Goose."
Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307305015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Traditional Mother Goose rhymes.
Author: Alice Provensen
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394821221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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A selection of traditional Mother Goose rhymes with illustrations.
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Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307100924
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Twenty familiar selections from Mother Goose.
