The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot"
Henriette-Julie de Castelnau de Murat's "Le Turbot" (1699) is remarkable because its fairy Turbodine is both the tale's true hero and heroine and its author, a character both devel- oping the plot—her own and others'—and narrating it. Turbodine is the protagonist, and her he...
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| description | Henriette-Julie de Castelnau de Murat's "Le Turbot" (1699) is remarkable because its fairy Turbodine is both the tale's true hero and heroine and its author, a character both devel- oping the plot—her own and others'—and narrating it. Turbodine is the protagonist, and her heroic male power, integral to her authorship of the plot, is both highlighted and disguised by the text. Her power and its limitations are representative of the simultaneous influence and marginality of the woman writer of 1690s France. |
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| spelling | fthcommons:oai:hcommons.org/hc:52299 2025-01-17T01:13:13+00:00 The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot" Melissa A. Hofmann 2015 https://doi.org/10.17613/xa5j-t673 English eng Wayne State University Press 75058:Murat Henriette-Julie de Castelnau comtesse de 1670-1716:Personal Name 919916:Fairy tales:Topic 1177270:Women authors French:Topic 919881:Fairies in literature:Topic 955621:Heroines in literature:Topic 955583:Heroes in literature:Topic 1114649:Sex role in literature:Topic 1074235:Power (Social sciences) in literature:Topic 822482:Authorship in literature:Topic 2015 fthcommons https://doi.org/10.17613/xa5j-t673 2024-10-22T01:07:09Z Henriette-Julie de Castelnau de Murat's "Le Turbot" (1699) is remarkable because its fairy Turbodine is both the tale's true hero and heroine and its author, a character both devel- oping the plot—her own and others'—and narrating it. Turbodine is the protagonist, and her heroic male power, integral to her authorship of the plot, is both highlighted and disguised by the text. Her power and its limitations are representative of the simultaneous influence and marginality of the woman writer of 1690s France. Other/Unknown Material Turbot Humanities Commons CORE Deposits |
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| title | The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot" |
| title_full | The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot" |
| title_fullStr | The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot" |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot" |
| title_short | The Fairy as Hero(ine) and Author: Representations of Female Power in Murat's "Le Turbot" |
| title_sort | fairy as hero(ine) and author: representations of female power in murat's "le turbot" |
| topic | 75058:Murat Henriette-Julie de Castelnau comtesse de 1670-1716:Personal Name 919916:Fairy tales:Topic 1177270:Women authors French:Topic 919881:Fairies in literature:Topic 955621:Heroines in literature:Topic 955583:Heroes in literature:Topic 1114649:Sex role in literature:Topic 1074235:Power (Social sciences) in literature:Topic 822482:Authorship in literature:Topic |
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