Fairy+Tales+Key+Authors

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**__Charles Perrault__**
France
 * //__Key Dates __//**
 * 12 January 1628—birth.
 * 1697—Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose was published.
 * 16 May 1703—death.
 * //__Biographical Details __//**
 * Born in Paris on the 12th of January 1628 to a very wealthy family, as the seventh child of Pierre Perrault and Paquette Le Clerc.
 * He studied law and embarked on a career in government service, following in the footsteps of his father and older brother Jean.
 * Charles took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting. Perrault was appointed the secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions upon its establishment in 1663. Using his influence as an administrative aide, he was able to get his brother Claude employed as a designer for the new section of the Louvre (built between 1665 and 1680).
 * At age 40, Perrault wrote __La Peinture__ ('’Painting’’) to honor the King's first painter, Charles Le Brun. He also wrote __Courses de testes et de bague__ __(Head and Ring Races__) in 1670 to commemorate the 1662 celebrations staged by Louis for his mistress.
 * Perrault married Marie Guichon (age 19) in 1672, where she later died 7 years later.
 * In 1669 Perrault advised Louis XIV to include thirty-nine fountains in the gardens of Versailles, each representing one of the fables of Aesop in the labyrinth of Versailles.
 * Philippe Quinault, a longtime family friend of the Perraults’, was gaining a quick reputation as the librettist for the new musical genre known as opera, alongside composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. In response Perrault wrote __Critique de l'Opéra__ (1674). Perrault was elected to the Académie française in 1671, where he initiated __the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns (Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes__), which pitted supporters of the literature of Antiquity (the "Ancients") against supporters of the literature from the century of Louis XIV (the "Moderns"). He sided with the Moderns and wrote __Le Siècle de Louis le Grand (The Century of Louis the Great__, 1687) and __Parallèle des Anciens et des Modernes (Parallel between Ancients and Moderns__, 1688–1692) in the attempt to prove the superiority of the literature of his century.
 * __Le Siècle de Louis le Grand __ was written in celebration of Louis XIV's recovery from a life-threatening operation.
 * At the age of fifty-six Perrault was forced into retirement by his supervisor. After this Perrault decided to write epic poetry and show his genuine devotion to Christianity, and wrote Saint __Paulin, évêque de Nôle (St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola__, about Paulinus of Nola).
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">In 1697, he wrote the Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose, which consisted of eight fairy tales including Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Charles Perrault died in Paris in 1703 at age 75.
 * //__<span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Country of Origin __//**
 * //__<span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Examples of Tales __//**
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Little Red Riding Hood
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Cinderella
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Sleeping Beauty
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Little Tom Thumb
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Puss in Boots
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Bluebeard
 * //__<span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ideologies __//**
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Interested in participating in a social discourse about the civilising process iin France, modern culture and the role of women and aware of the unique potential that the fairy tale possessed as metaphorical commentary, he produced remarkable collections within a short period of time (__Histoires ou contes du temps pass__ __<span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">é __<span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">1697).
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Participated in a notable modernist movement.
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Debated the merits of classical Greek and Roman models vs. new French innovative art in his book __Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns__ (1687-96).

//** Brigit and Sarah. **//

- A collection of sonnets and poems - A collection of seventy five short stories, including fairytales
 * __ Giovan Francesco Straparola __**
 * Important Dates:**
 * Born: 1480
 * Published “Opera Nova de Zoan Francesco Straparola de Caravazo in 1508
 * Published “Le Piacevoli Notti” (The Pleasant Nights) in 1550-53, which was published in two volumes
 * Died: 1557


 * Country of Origin:**
 * Italy

- “La Piacevoli Notti” was reprinted twenty five times and translated into French and German
 * Biographical Details:**
 * Straparola was born in Carvaggio, Italy
 * His surname, Straparola, is a pseudonym that literally means: “the babbler”
 * As a young man, he moved to Venice, which Is where he heard many of the tales that are included in his works
 * He was very well educated, which was evident in the sophisticated language and structure present in his works
 * He was a very successful author in his time
 * Straparola played a very influential role within the literary tale genre in Europe because he was one of, if not, the first authors to write about fairy tales and turn them into whole books
 * He was strongly influenced by oral stories and social rituals, probably learnt when he was travelling

- Soriana (Puss in Boots) - Cassadrina (Master Thief) - Galeotte (Hans my Hedgehog) - Biancabella (Snake and the Maiden) - Fortunio (Nixie in the Pond) - Guerrino (Iran Hans)
 * Examples of Books:**
 * “La Piacevoli Notti” is set in a venetian palace called “Ottaviano”. The ladies and gentleman then tell stories over thirteen consecutive nights. These stories include:

Many of these were then adapted by Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault and the Grimm Brothers.


 * Ideologies:**
 * He had little regard for authority
 * He did not believe in a “happily ever after”
 * He thought that moral standards were established by those who hold power
 * That people who commit bad deeds should be punished
 * That you must be able to utilize your abilities effectively to succeed

//BY JADE HANNAFORD!// = = =**The Brothers Grimm**=
 * Key Dates**
 * Born in 1785-6
 * Published first volume of fairy tales, //Tales of Children and the Home// in 1812
 * Began collecting folk tales around 1806
 * Biographical details**
 * Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm were born on the 4th of Jan, 1785 & 24th February 1786 respectively
 * Born in the Wolfgang section of Hanau, Germany into a disadvantaged family of nine children
 * Both were educated at Friedrichs-Gymnasium then later studied law at the University of Marburg
 * Country of Origins**
 * The Grimm brothers were from Germany and therefore had gathered many folk tales from German peoples.
 * Examples of tales**
 * Snow-White & Rose-Red
 * The Frog Prince
 * Hansel & Gretel
 * Rapunzel
 * Rumpelstiltskin
 * Snow White

=**ANGELA CARTER:**= 1940-1992. Started writing in early 70’s, first book //Fireworks// in 1974. Married in 1960 and again in 1977. Born as Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne in 1940. Worked as a journalist and went to University of Bristol to obtain a degree in English literature. Moved to Tokyo in Japan for two years to gather inspiration. She wrote many articles and she was also anorexic Has been married twice, second time round she had a son. Many of her famous short stories were released on radio She didn’t just write fairy tales. She also wrote a book that was going to be a sequel to Jane Eyre by charlotte Bronte, but she died before it could be completed. She also wrote many non- fiction books relating to fairy tales. England
 * (BY JESSICA AND EMILY) :D**
 * __Key Dates:__**
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 * __Examples of Tales:__**
 * //The Donkey Prince//
 * //Miss Z, the Dark Young Lady//
 * //Comic and Curious Cats//
 * //Moonshadow//