Beauties and Beasts

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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This volume offers 28 versions of the fable of "Beauty and the Beast", with minimal adaptations from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and America. Afterwards, the author discusses Disney's film version of this familiar theme of a lonely beast transformed by the magic of human love.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1993-04-13
Mått216 x 280 x 11 mm
Vikt503 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOryx Multicultural Folktale Series
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780897747295

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsRescued BeastsBeauty and the Beast (French)The Enchanted Tsarevitch (Russian)The Princess and the Pig (Turkish)A Bunch of Laurel Blooms for a Present (Appalachian)The Small-Tooth Dog (English)The Fairy Serpent (Chinese)Monkey Son-in-Law (Japanese)The Lizard Husband (Indonesian)Questing BeautiesCupid and Psyche (Greco-Roman)The Serpent and the Grape-Grower's Daughter (French)The Singing, Soaring Lark (German)East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norwegian)Whitebear Whittington (Appalachian)The Three Daughters of King O'Hara (Irish)The Black Bull of Norroway (Scottish)Bull-of-all-the-Land (Jamaican)Prince White Hog (Missouri French)The Enchanted Prince (Spanish American)The Story of Five Heads (African)The Ten Serpents (Israeli)Egle, Queen of Serpents (Lithuanian)Homely Women and Homemade MenSir Gawain and the Loathly Lady (English)The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs (Scottish)Kemp Owyne (Scottish)Pinto Smalto (Italian)The Dough Prince (West Virginian)Old Man Coyote, the Young Man and Two Otter Sisters (Native American)Essays, Activities, and ResourcesIn the Dark with DisneyActivitiesSome Picture Book Versions of Beauty and the BeastSourcesBibliographyIndex