{"product_id":"fairy-tales-for-the-disillusioned-enchanted-stories-from-the-french-decadent-tradition-9780691191416","title":"Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of subversive French fairy tales\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales for the Disillusioned\u003c\/i\u003e collects thirty-six tales, most newly translated, by writers associated with the decadent literary movement that flourished in late nineteenth-century France. These enchanting yet troubling stories reflect the concerns and fascinations of a time of great political, social, and cultural change. Recasting well-known favorites from classic French fairy tales, as well as Arthurian legends and English and German tales, these decadent fairy tales feature perverse settings and disillusioned perspectives, underlining such themes as the decline of civilization, the degeneration of magic and the unreal, gender confusion, and the incursion of the industrial. Complete with an informative introduction, biographical notes for each author, and explanatory notes throughout, these subversive tales will entertain and startle even the most disenchanted readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691191416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.60w x 1.00d","brand":"Gretchen Schultz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36640175751324,"sku":"9780691191416","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d0188f5-914c-4bf3-8ab3-a110c5f2de65.jpg?v=1603851579","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fairy-tales-for-the-disillusioned-enchanted-stories-from-the-french-decadent-tradition-9780691191416","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}