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Author Bloom, Rori, 1971- author.

Title Making the marvelous : Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Henriette-Julie de Murat, and the literary representation of the decorative arts / Rori Bloom.

Publication Info. Lincoln : Nebraska, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Early Modern Cultural Studies
Early modern cultural studies.
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents 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.
Summary "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. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705.
Criticism and interpretation.
Murat, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de, 1670-1716 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Murat, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de, 1670-1716.
French fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
French fiction -- Women authors.
French fiction -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
French fiction.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Marvelous, The, in literature.
Decorative arts in literature.
Fairy tales -- France -- History and criticism.
Marvelous, The, in literature.
Decorative arts in literature.
Fairy tales.
Murat, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de, 1670-1716 -- Criticism and interpretation.
France.
Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Other Form: Print version: Bloom, Rori Making the Marvelous Lincoln : Nebraska,c2022 9781496222671
ISBN 1496231732
9781496231734 (electronic book)
9781496222671
1496222679