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Tatar, Maria, 1945-

Title Secrets beyond the door : the story of Bluebeard and his wives / Maria Tatar.

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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	809.93351 T187s 2004	---	Available
Axe Kansas Collection	809.93351 T187s 2004 c.2	---	Lib Use Only

Description	xii, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-240) and index.
Contents	The attractions of "Bluebeard" : the origins and fortunes of a folktale -- "Have you ever really been afraid? ...of a man? ...of a house? ...of yourself?" : Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and modern gothics -- Investigative pleasures : Bluebeard's wife in Hollywood -- Rewriting "Bluebeard" : resisting the cult of death -- Monstrous wives : Bluebeard as criminal and cultural hero -- The art of murder : Bluebeard as artist and aesthete.
Summary	Maria Tatar analyses the many forms the tale of Bluebeard's wife has taken over time, showing how artists have taken the Bluebeard theme and revived it with their own signature twists.
Subject	Bluebeard (Legendary character)
	Bluebeard (Legendary character) -- In literature.
	Women -- Folklore.
	Wives -- Folklore.
	Women in literature.
	Wives in literature.
	Women in motion pictures.
ISBN	0691117071 (cl : alk. paper)
	9780691117072 (cl : alk. paper)