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OverviewThis project provides an in-depth study of narratives about Bluebeard and his wives, or narratives with identifiable Bluebeard motifs, and the intertextual and extratextual personal, political, literary, and sociocultural factors that have made the tale a particularly fertile ground for an author’s adaptation of the story. Whereas Charles Dickens, for example, expresses a sympathetic identification with Bluebeard, and a discernable strain of misogyny emerges in his recreation of the tale and recurrent allusions to it, his contemporary, William Makepeace Thackeray, uses the tale as a springboard for his critique of avarice, hypocrisy, pretension, and the subjugation of women in Victorian society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shuli Barzilai (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9781138868731ISBN 10: 1138868736 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 27 February 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. The Snake-Charmer’s Wife in Genesis Rabbah, or Bluebeard Begins 2. Charles Dickens and Captain Murderer 3. Mr. Thackeray’s Closet 4. Miss Thackeray’s Uses of Enchantment 5. The Infernal Desire Machines in Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s Bluebeard’s Keys and Angela Carter’s ""The Bloody Chamber"" 6. The Bluebeard Syndrome in Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle: Fear and Femininity 7. The Party Consciousness: When Texts Get Together in Margaret Atwood’s ""Bluebeard’s Egg"" Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews"""This is a subtle and multi-threaded book that will prove interesting to a wide variety of readers…Barzilai’s sophisticated approach combines intertextual readings with an extratextual viewpoint that explores the interplay between stories using the Bluebeard theme and the story author’s lives."" --Francisco Vas da Silva, Marvels & Tales" This is a subtle and multi-threaded book that will prove interesting to a wide variety of readers...Barzilai's sophisticated approach combines intertextual readings with an extratextual viewpoint that explores the interplay between stories using the Bluebeard theme and the story author's lives. --Francisco Vas da Silva, Marvels & Tales Author InformationShuli Barzilai is Professor of English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |