| Description |
xxii, 289 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: three hundred years of "Bluebeard" in English -- Variants and variations -- Principal variants -- Pirates and true Bluebeards -- Bluebeard in the English eighteenth century -- Found in translation : Charles Perrault's "Bluebeard" in English -- A "tree tail'd bashaw" : Bluebeard takes a Turkish turn -- Bluebeard in the English nineteenth century -- Cheap thrills : Bluebeard in chapbooks and juveniles -- "You outrageous man!" : Bluebeard on the comic stage -- Bluebeard in Victorian arts and letters -- Bluebeard in the English twentieth century -- Bluebeard in crisis -- Modernist Bluebeard -- Contemporary Bluebeard -- Epilogue: Bluebeard today. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Barbe bleue.
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Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 -- Adaptations.
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Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 -- Translations into English -- History and criticism.
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Bluebeard (Legendary character) in literature.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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Fairy tales in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604732306 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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160473230X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781604732313 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1604732318 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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