{"product_id":"mother-goose-refigured-christine-a-jones-9780814338926","title":"Mother Goose Refigured: A Critical Translation of Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eMother Goose Refigured\u003c\/i\u003e presents annotated translations of Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tales that attend to the irony and ambiguity in the original French and provide a fresh take on heroines and heroes that have become household names in North America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Perrault published \u003ci\u003eHistoires ou Contes du temps passé\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Stories or Tales of the Past\") in France in 1697 during what scholars call the first \"vogue\" of tales produced by learned French writers. The genre that we now know so well was new and an uncommon kind of literature in the epic world of Louis XIV's court. This inaugural collection of French fairy tales features characters like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Puss in Boots that over the course of the eighteenth century became icons of social history in France and abroad. Translating the original \u003ci\u003eHistoires ou Contes\u003c\/i\u003e means grappling not only with the strangeness of seventeenth-century French but also with the ubiquity and familiarity of plots and heroines in their famous English personae. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom its very first translation in 1729, \u003ci\u003eHistoires ou Contes\u003c\/i\u003e has depended heavily on its English translations for the genesis of character names and enduring recognition. This dependability makes new, innovative translation challenging. For example, can Perrault's invented name \"Cendrillon\" be retranslated into anything other than \"Cinderella\"? And what would happen to our understanding of the tale if it were? Is it possible to sidestep the Anglophone tradition and view the seventeenth-century French anew? Why not leave Cinderella alone, as she is deeply ingrained in cultural lore and beloved the way she is? Such questions inspired the translations of these tales in \u003ci\u003eMother Goose Refigured\u003c\/i\u003e, which aim to generate new critical interest in heroines and heroes that seem frozen in time. The book offers introductory essays on the history of interpretation and translation, before retranslating each of the \u003ci\u003eHistoires ou Contes \u003c\/i\u003ewith the aim to prove that if Perrault's is a classical frame of reference, these tales nonetheless exhibit strikingly modern strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned for scholars, their classrooms, and other adult readers of fairy tales, \u003ci\u003eMother Goose Refigured\u003c\/i\u003e promises to inspire new academic interpretations of the Mother Goose tales, particularly among readers who do not have access to the original French and have relied for their critical inquiries on traditional renderings of the tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine A. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814338925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814338926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017 pg. 388","brand":"Christine A. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980600672511,"sku":"9780814338926","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58fb92a2-4821-4189-89c4-23d163092754.jpg?v=1683250832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-goose-refigured-christine-a-jones-9780814338926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}