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Author Hearne, Betsy Gould.

Title Beauty and the beast : visions and revisions of an old tale / Betsy Hearne ; with an essay by Larry DeVries.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  398.2 HEA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  398.21 H    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  398.21 H436B    Check Shelf
Description xv, 247 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242)
Summary Traces the familiar tale from its folklore origins, through its literary shaping in the 1700s, the moral instruction and lavish illustrations of the 1800s, to the modern psychological interpretations in books, movies, and television. Isolates common motives in such elements as character, narrative voice, image, object, and symbol. The illustrations include 12 superb color reproductions.
Contents Survival of a story -- Oral and literary traditions: Eighteenth Century -- Impact of bookmaking and illustration: Nineteenth Century -- Story internalized: 1900-1950 -- Mass markets and media: 1950-1985 -- Enduring elements -- Appendix 1: Literary beauties and folk beats / Larry /Devires -- Appendix 2: Beaumont's Eighteenth-Century version in facsimile -- Appendix 3: Twentieth-Century oral version -- Appendix 4: Sampling of Nineteenth-Century editions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie, 1711-1780. Belle et la bĂȘte.
Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie, 1711-1780 -- Influence.
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.
Children's literature, French -- History and criticism.
Children -- Great Britain -- Books and reading.
Children -- France -- Books and reading.
Beauty and the beast (Tale)
Fairy tales -- France -- History and criticism.
Oral tradition in literature.
Folklore in literature.
Indexed Term Tales
Added Author DeVries, Larry.
ISBN 0226322394 alk. paper.
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