Charles Perrault was the author of a fairy-tale collection that has become better known than virtually any other work of Western literature. His Histoires, ou Contes du temps passé, avec des mo...
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In the following essays, Morgan analyzes Perrault's development of the prose conte (tale) in relation to other prose and verse forms of the era, and offers reasons for Perrault's lasting...
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In the essay below, de Dobay Rifelj analyzes the similarities in the ways Perrault and the Marquis de Sade viewed and represented women in their writings, finding the female characters passive and wea...
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In the following excerpts, McGlathery provides a comparative analysis of themes in tales by Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Giambattista Basile.
Beastly Bridegrooms
The indirect or symbolic portr...
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In the following essay, Méchoulan discusses themes of food and orality in several of Perrault's tales in the context of contemporary religious and political concepts of the body.
Once...
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In the following essay, Lewis analyzes Perrault's writings with respect to Cartesian ideas about visualization and self-sensation, arguing that Perrault simultaneously—and ingeniously&#x...
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A few weeks ago, I was in steamy Rome, where I dropped in on the second annual Rome Chamber Music Festival, an event that has enlivened the Eternal City’s midsummer doldrums with an injection...
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A few weeks ago, I was in steamy Rome, where I dropped in on the second annual Rome Chamber Music Festival, an event that has enlivened the Eternal City’s midsummer doldrums with an injection...
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Charles Perrault
Critical Essay by Jeanne Morgan
Summer Season Exotica, In Rome\'d1 and Closer to Home
