{"product_id":"fairy-tales-for-the-disillusioned-enchanted-stories-from-the-french-decadent-tradition-paperback","title":"Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGretchen Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLewis Seifert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of subversive French fairy tales\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales for the Disillusioned\u003c\/i\u003e collects thirty-six tales, most newly translated, by writers associated with the decadent literary movement that flourished in late nineteenth-century France. 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, these decadent fairy tales feature perverse settings and disillusioned perspectives, underlining such themes as the decline of civilization, the degeneration of magic and the unreal, gender confusion, and the incursion of the industrial. Complete with an informative introduction, biographical notes for each author, and explanatory notes throughout, these subversive tales will entertain and startle even the most disenchanted readers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGretchen Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e Lewis Seifert\u003c\/b\u003e are professors of French studies at Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757010944288,"sku":"9780691191416","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0b6e892e8f5ac1b1ef3b66fa51bc10d9.webp?v=1780091462","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fairy-tales-for-the-disillusioned-enchanted-stories-from-the-french-decadent-tradition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}