The Tales of Mother Goose
The Tales of Mother Goose

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Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2018-11-23

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781790266128

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Beloved fairy tale author Charles Perrault published the first known version of The Tales of Mother Goose in 1697, under the French title Histoires ou contes du temps passés, avec des moralités. The collection includes "The Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Cinderella," as well as many others that would go on to become adored favourites, several of which are thought to be inventions of Perrault himself. The stories each end with a rhyming moral and have gone on to spawn countless film, television, novel, musical and stage adaptations to the delight of modern audiences.

The Tales of Mother Goose
The Tales of Mother Goose

Author: Charles Perrault

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 62

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"The Tales of Mother Goose" by Charles Perrault (translated by Charles Welsh). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Old-Time Stories
Old-Time Stories

Author: Charles Perrault

Publisher: anboco

Published: 2016-08-20

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3736406843

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Of the eleven tales which the present volume comprises, the first eight are from the master-hand of Charles Perrault. Charles Perrault (1628-1703) enjoyed much distinction in his day, and is familiar to students of French literature for the prominent part that he played in the famous Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns, which so keenly occupied French men of letters in the latter part of the seventeenth century. But his fame to-day rests upon his authorship of the traditional Tales of Mother Goose; or Stories of Olden Times, and so long as there are children to listen spellbound to the adventures of Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and that arch rogue Puss in Boots, his memory will endure. To the eight tales of Perrault three others have been added here. 'Beauty and the Beast,' by Mme Leprince de Beaumont (1711-1781), has a celebrity which warrants its inclusion, however inferior it may seem, as an example of the story-teller's art, to the masterpieces of Perrault. 'Princess Rosette' and 'The Friendly Frog' are from the prolific pen of Mme d'Aulnoy (1650-1705), a contemporary of Perrault, whom she could sometimes rival in invention, if never in dramatic power.

The Tales of Mother Goose
The Tales of Mother Goose

Author: Charles Perrault

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2023-11-08

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13:

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"The Tales of Mother Goose" (French: "Histoires ou contes de temps passé, avec des moralités") is a collection of classic French fairy tales written by Charles Perrault and first published in 1697. These tales have become some of the most enduring and well-known stories in Western literature. They include stories like "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Sleeping Beauty," "Bluebeard," and "Puss in Boots." Charles Perrault is often credited with popularizing these traditional oral folktales and turning them into written literature. His versions of these tales have been the basis for countless adaptations, retellings, and adaptations in various forms of media, including literature, theater, film, and animation. "The Tales of Mother Goose" remains a classic work that has had a lasting impact on the world of fairy tales and children's literature.

Mother Goose Refigured
Mother Goose Refigured

Author: Christine A. Jones

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2016-11-07

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0814338933

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Mother Goose Refigured 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. Charles Perrault published Histoires ou Contes du temps passé ("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 Histoires ou Contes 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. From its very first translation in 1729, Histoires ou Contes 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 Mother Goose Refigured, 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 Histoires ou Conteswith the aim to prove that if Perrault's is a classical frame of reference, these tales nonetheless exhibit strikingly modern strategies. Designed for scholars, their classrooms, and other adult readers of fairy tales, Mother Goose Refigured 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.