Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales

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Cuentos para mujeres que fuimos niñas que nos hacen volver a ser niñas y convertirnos en mujer. Muchos se los he narrado a mi hijo, adaptándolos un poco a su edad sobre todo por el lenguaje, y me pide «otro» y «otro» mientras me pregunta «y qué pasó» «y qué pasó». Una delicia. La excelente edición también ayuda 💕 Lo que me ha resultado curioso es que hay muchos cuentos que se parecen. Por ejemplo, varios de ellos recuerdan tanto a Piel de asno como a La Cenicienta, hay una especie de versión del cuento de los cisnes que eran príncipes hechizados a los que su hermana tenía que desencantar, y hay uno sobre una leona del que aparecen tres o cuatro versiones diferentes en este libro. Si bien los detalles varían, la trama es la misma: una mujer que se transforma en leona pero que acude a ver a su hija, que sigue siendo humana.

The Bloody Chamber - Wikipedia

Some of these tales were unfamiliar but vaguely familiar at the same time. Quite a few young ladies forget their shoes nearby a handsome prince, many girls find themselves forced to spin straw into gold (and therefore require some help from a little imp or an old hag), and evil stepmothers are to find everywhere. I found it fascinating to trace the origin and different versions of well-known tales, such as Cinderella. The Werewolf" originally appeared in South-West Arts Review. [5] It was revised for this collection. [6] The stories deal with themes of women's roles in relationships and marriage, their sexuality, coming of age and corruption. Stories such as "The Bloody Chamber" and "The Company of Wolves" explicitly deal with the horrific or corrupting aspects of marriage and/or sex and the balance of power within such relationships. Themes of female identity are explored in the "Beauty and the Beast" stories such as "The Tiger's Bride". In one instance, Beauty, the story's heroine, is described as removing the petals from a white rose as her father gambles her away; this is a seeming representation of the stripping away of the false layers of her personality to find her true identity, an image that finds a mirror in the story's fantastical conclusion.A girl goes to visit her grandmother, but encounters a werewolf on the way, whose paw she cuts off with a knife. When she reaches her grandmother's house, the paw has turned into a hand with the grandmother's ring on it, and the grandmother is both delirious and missing her hand. This reveals the girl's grandmother as the werewolf, and she is stoned to death. The girl then inherits all of her grandmother's possessions. Anonymous, "LS 819: Transformations: Freedom and Magic in Nineteenth Century "Fairy Stories"", (n.d.). The chapters are made of headings in which similar stories are grouped. For example, chapter one titled Brave, Bold and Wilful talks about people who are like that. Chapter 11, titled Mothers and Daughters, explores their relationships. Las ilustraciones son muy bonitas, originales, y además le dan un toque especial al libro en su conjunto. Un libro muy interesante que contiene una serie de cuentos tradicionales de diferentes partes del mundo (me encantó el detalle de que especificase el país de cada uno). Muchos de ellos pueden recordar a los cuentos tradicionales actuales, pero están contado en una versión mucho más realista y oscura, en muchos casos incluso macabra. Trasmiten lecciones de todo tipo desde mensajes feministas hasta temas familiares y relacionados con la salud mental. Como en toda recopilación hay historias my interesantes y otras no tanto, pero el conjunto es muy bueno y permite conocer más sobre otras culturas.

Bad-good girls, beasts, rogues and other creatures: Angela

If you get asked to do something impossible overnight, just get a room to yourself and someone will definitely show up to complete the task on your behalf while you sleep (for a price. Some bargains better than others).a b c Pyrhonen, Heta (2010). Bluebeard Gothic: Jane Eyre and Its Progeny. Canada: University of Toronto Press. p.216. ISBN 978-1-4426-4124-2.