Beauty and the Beast
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| - | {{Template}}'''''Beauty and the Beast''''' is a traditional [[fairy tale]] (type [[425C]] -- search for a lost husband -- in the [[Aarne-Thompson classification system]]). The first published version of the [[fairy tale]] was a meandering rendition by Madame [[Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve]], published in ''La jeune américaine, et les contes marins'' in [[1740]]. The best-known written version was an abridgement of M. Villeneuve's work published in [[1756]] by Mme [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]], in ''Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves''; an English translation appeared in [[1757]]. | + | {{Template}} |
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| + | '''''Beauty and the Beast''''' ('''La Belle et la Bête''') is a traditional [[fairy tale]] written by French novelist [[Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve]] and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The young American and Marine Tales''). Her lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]] in 1756 in ''Magasin des enfants'' (''Shop of children'') to produce the version most commonly retold. It was influenced by some earlier stories, such as ''[[Cupid and Psyche]]'', written by Lucius [[Apuleius]] Madaurensi in ''[[The Golden Ass]]'' in the 2nd century AD, and ''[[The Pig King]]'', an Italian fairytale published by [[Giovanni Francesco Straparola]] in ''[[The Facetious Nights of Straparola]]''. | ||
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| + | Variants of the tale are known across Europe. In France, for example, ''[[Zémire et Azor|Zémire and Azor]]'' is an operatic version of the story, written by [[Jean-François Marmontel|Marmontel]] and composed by [[Grétry]] in 1771, which had enormous success well into the 19th century; it is based on the second version of the tale. ''Amour pour amour'' (''Love for love''), by Nivelle de la Chaussée, is a 1742 play based on [[Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve]]'s version. According to researchers at universities in [[Durham University|Durham]] and [[Universidade Nova de Lisboa|Lisbon]], the story originated around 4,000 years ago. | ||
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| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[Love hate relationship]] | + | * [[Damsel in distress]] |
| - | *[[Damsel in distress]] | + | * [[Eros and Psyche]] |
| - | *[[Noble savage]] | + | * [[Noble savage]] |
| - | *[[The Feather of Finist the Falcon]] | + | * [[Shapeshifting]] |
| + | * [[Stockholm syndrome]] | ||
| + | * [[Love-hate relationship]] | ||
| * ''[[Shrek]]'' | * ''[[Shrek]]'' | ||
| * ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' | * ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' | ||
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Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins (The young American and Marine Tales). Her lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants (Shop of children) to produce the version most commonly retold. It was influenced by some earlier stories, such as Cupid and Psyche, written by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensi in The Golden Ass in the 2nd century AD, and The Pig King, an Italian fairytale published by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.
Variants of the tale are known across Europe. In France, for example, Zémire and Azor is an operatic version of the story, written by Marmontel and composed by Grétry in 1771, which had enormous success well into the 19th century; it is based on the second version of the tale. Amour pour amour (Love for love), by Nivelle de la Chaussée, is a 1742 play based on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's version. According to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon, the story originated around 4,000 years ago.
See also
- Damsel in distress
- Eros and Psyche
- Noble savage
- Shapeshifting
- Stockholm syndrome
- Love-hate relationship
- Shrek
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Dracula
- King Kong
- Edward Scissorhands
- Macbeth
- Notre Dame de Paris
