French Fairy Tales: A Jungian Approach

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State University of New York Press, 1 feb 2012 - 403 páginas
Bettina L. Knapp explores the universal and eternal nature of fourteen French fairy tales, including the medieval Romance of Mélusine, Charles Perrault's seventeenth-century versions of Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard, and Jean Cocteau's film version of Beauty and the Beast. She demonstrates the relevance of these fairy tales for modern readers, both for the psychological problems they address and for the positive resolutions they offer. Through her careful examination of these tales, Knapp shows that people in past eras suffered from such supposedly "modern" problems as alienation and identity crises and went through harrowing ordeals before experiencing some sort of fulfillment. By imparting the age-old wisdom embedded in these works, French Fairy Tales triggers new insights into psychological problems and offers helpful ways of dealing with them.
 

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Introduction
1
The Middle Ages Feudalism And La Societe Courtoise
19
The Seventeenth Century Le Grand Siècle
61
The Eighteenth Century LEsprit Philosophique
133
The Nineteenth Century Le Romantisme Esthetic And Utilitarian
179
The TwentiethCentury SlaughterScienceSpirituality
303
Conclusion
357
Notes
361
References
367
Index
381
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Bettina L. Knapp is Thomas Hunter Professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of many books, including A Jungian Approach to Literature and three SUNY Press books: Gambling, Game, and Psyche; Women in Myth; and Women, Myth, and the Feminine Principle. She is also a Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters, an honor presented by the French government.

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