Description: "A collection of fairy tales published by women in seventeenth-century France [exploring] themes of love, marriage, sexuality, gender relations, and female education, and literacy. Includes works by Catherine Bernard, Catherine Durand, Charlotte-Rose de Caumont, Marie-Jeanne L'hâeritier, and Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, Countess of Murat, with brief biographies of the authors"--
Review Quotes:
"The edition and translation are laudable and compelling and will be readily adopted in a range of courses in literature, folklore, and gender studies." --Lewis Seifert, Brown University
"This anthology focuses on questions related to love and how tales by the conteuses challenge contemporary Disneyfied conceptions filled with good fairies, innocent romance, and happy endings." --Journal of American Folklore