BLUEBEARD’S TRAVEL THROUGH LITERATURE
BLUEBEARD’S TRAVEL THROUGH LITERATURE

Summary/Abstract: Bluebeard has started his journey in literature in 1697, when the homonym fairy tale appeared in Charles Perrault’ s Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités. Since that time, the character and his story seduced various writers. I discuss in my paper how Bluebeard’s story changes in the vision of Anatole France, Maurice Maeterlinck, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, and Lisette Marshall, together with interpretations according to the authors’ Zeitgeist and Weltanschauung. Following the various changes Bluebeard passes through in literature, the paper ends with conclusions on the role of the evil character in the economy of the fairy tales' narrative, together with a brief interpretation of gender roles under the same aspects.

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