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Diamonds and Ash: Class and Social Mobility in Seventeenth Century Cinderella
Title
Diamonds and Ash: Class and Social Mobility in Seventeenth Century Cinderella.
Creator
Diaz de Arce, Laura, Swanstrom, Elizabeth, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis discusses the intersections of class and the lack of social mobility in three versions of Cinderella from the seventeenth century. The works covered are are Giambattista Basile's "La Gatta Cennerentola" ["The Cat Cinderella"] (c.1634), Charles Perrault's "La Petite Pantoufle de Verre" ["The Glass Slipper"] (1697), and Marie- Catherine D'Aulnoy's "Finette Cendrone" ["Clever Cinderella"] (1697). The seventeenth-century versions of Cinderella all reaffirm the existing class system....
Show moreThis thesis discusses the intersections of class and the lack of social mobility in three versions of Cinderella from the seventeenth century. The works covered are are Giambattista Basile's "La Gatta Cennerentola" ["The Cat Cinderella"] (c.1634), Charles Perrault's "La Petite Pantoufle de Verre" ["The Glass Slipper"] (1697), and Marie- Catherine D'Aulnoy's "Finette Cendrone" ["Clever Cinderella"] (1697). The seventeenth-century versions of Cinderella all reaffirm the existing class system. In each of these versions the message is that the ruling elite must maintain or regain to their status. We can see this by the ways in which the characters gain and lose status in their respective narratives. Ultimately, the early modern Cinderella story is one that supports a hereditary class system.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004585, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004585
Subject Headings
Basile, Giambattista,--1575-1632.--La gatta cennerentola--Criticism and interpretation., Perrault, Charles,--1628-1703.--Petite pantoufle de verre--Criticism and interpretation., Aulnoy,--Madame d'--(Marie-Catherine),--1650 or 1651-1705.--Finette cendrone--Criticism and interpretation., Fairy tales--17th century--Criticism and interpretation, Social classes in literature--17th century., Elite (Social sciences )--17th century--History and criticism.
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