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The Meanings of "Beauty & The Beast": A Handbook
The Meanings of "Beauty and the Beast" provides expert commentary on the tale and on representative critical approaches and contemporary adaptions. This books also includes a variety of original source materials and twenty-three colour illustrations. The Meanings of "Beauty and the Beast" is for any reader who wishes to explore this classic, endlessly rich fairy tale.
Paperback, 258 pages
Published
March 16th 2004
by Broadview Press
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Feb 08, 2009
Josie
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes reading into the meanings behind, and history of, fairy tales
Recommended to Josie by:
katie
Shelves:
fairytales,
non-fiction
I loved the style this book was written in! It's almost gently mocking, like Griswold admits Beauty and the Beast is his favourite fairy tale and yet is not afraid to point out absurdities in the tale, such as why the Beast "seems bizarrely begrudging when he gets enraged over the loss of some roses." (I've always wondered about that bit too.)
Griswold's commentary in general is pretty hilarious. He describes Cinderella's sisters as "acting as amateur podiatrists and butchering their feet to fool...more
Griswold's commentary in general is pretty hilarious. He describes Cinderella's sisters as "acting as amateur podiatrists and butchering their feet to fool...more
Absolutely AMAZING resource! Includes several classic versions of the tale, as well as contemporary short stories. The analysis is wonderful and the author clearly did a lot of research. The bibliography is extremely extensive - I've already ordered one book off of it and will probably read more. Highly recommend to any BatB fan!
Not a very in depth analysis of the story itself or other interpretations. Mostly just retellings of the same story with minimal critical lens.
will post a review once I've had time to reread. Added to collection in 2004.
This book had some fun retellings of beauty and the beast stories, but it didn't have a whole lot to offer on the scholarly side of things. Not a terrible read, but not wonderful either.
This book has been immensely helpful as I prepare a symposium of "Beauty and the Beast". If you are studying the story for any reason, this is a must read. It is full of wonderful insights into the story and many of it's interpretations and renditions.
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