Beauty and the Beast Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World
eBook - 2017
The “tale as old as time,” in versions from across the centuries and around the world—published to coincide with Disney’s live-action 3D musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens, and Emma ThompsonNearly every culture tells the story of Beauty and the Beast in one fashion or another. From Cupid and Psyche to India’s Snake Bride to South Africa’s “Story of Five Heads,” the partnering of beasts and beauties, of humans and animals in all their variety—cats, dogs, frogs, goats, lizards, bears, tortoises, monkeys, cranes, warthogs—has beguiled us for thousands of years, mapping the cultural contradictions that riddle every romantic relationship.In t...his fascinating volume, preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures, highlighting the continuities...
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Penguin Publishing Group
- Language
- English
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- Online Access
- Overdrive Resource Page
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- Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
| Adobe EPUB eBook | |
|---|---|
| File Size | 721 MB |
| ISBN | 9781101992951 |
| Release Date | 3/7/2017 |
| Kindle Book | |
| ISBN | 9781101992951 |
| ASIN | B01HCGYXHK |
| Release Date | 3/7/2017 |
| OverDrive Read eBook | |
| File Size | 722 MB |
| ISBN | 9781101992951 |
| Release Date | 3/7/2017 |
