Making the marvelous

• Verfasst von: Bloom, Rori [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Making the marvelous
• Titelzusatz: Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Henriette-Julie de Murat, and the literary representation of the decorative arts
• Verf.angabe: Rori Bloom
• Verlagsort: Lincoln
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: ix, 235 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Early modern cultural studies
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-2267-1
• Schlagwörter: (p)Aulnoy, Marie Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville d' / (p)Murat, Henriette Julie de Castelnau de / (s)Märchen / (s)Kunsthandwerk <Motiv> / (s)Kunst <Motiv> / (s)Spielzeug <Motiv> / (s)Nippes <Motiv>
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Bloom, Rori, 1971 - : Making the Marvelous. - Lincoln : Nebraska, 2022. - 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Sach-SW: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French
• Sach-SW: LITERARY CRITICISM / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
• Sach-SW: Literary criticism
• K10plus-PPN: 1785503189

Abstract

Introduction -- 1. Fairy Tale as Palace Tour: Description and Setting -- 2. Stories That Illustrate Themselves: Description and Painting -- 3. Essential Accessories: The Object as Objet d'art -- 4. D'Aulnoy's Travels in Spain: Description and Demystification -- 5. Disenchanted Decors in Murat: Voyage de campagne and Les Lutins du château de Kernosy -- Conclusion.

Abstract

"At a moment when France was coming to new prominence in the production of furniture and fashion, the fairy tales of Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1652-1705) and Henriette-Julie de Murat (1670-1716) gave pride of place to richly detailed descriptions of palaces, gardens, clothing, and toys. Through close readings of these authors' descriptive prose, Rori Bloom shows how these practitioners of a supposedly minor genre made a major contribution as chroniclers and critics of the decorative arts in Old Regime France. Identifying these authors' embrace of the pretty and the playful as a response to a frequent critique of fairy tales as childish and feminine, Making the Marvelous demonstrates their integration of artisan's work, child's play, and the lady's toilette into a complex vision of creativity. D'Aulnoy and Murat changed the stakes of the fairy tale, Bloom argues: instead of inviting their readers to marvel at the magic that changes rags to riches, they enjoined them to acknowledge the skill that transforms raw materials into beautiful works of art. "--