3 - Bluebeard: Facing what's behind the door
There are many ways to examine a story, and Charles Perrault's story of Bluebeard is a haunting one. So in this episode of Roots of Lore, we're going to look at the story from a psychological approach as well as a historical approach to see who Bluebeard could be in the time of Perrault, but also who Bluebeard might be in ourselves.
Stories in this episode:
- Charles Perrault's Bluebeard (4:25 - 17:44)
- The Legend of Conomor the Cursed (33:15 - 43:34)
Resources mentioned:
- Drake, Carlos C. “Jungian Psychology and Its Uses in Folklore.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 82, no. 324, 1969, pp. 122–131.
- Warner, Marina. “Bluebeard's Brides: The Dream of the Blue Chamber.” Grand Street, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 121–130.
- "Why Isn't the Sky Blue?" episode of RadioLab
- "Colors" episode of RadioLab
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More from Christine A. Jones:
- Mother Goose Refigured: A Critical Translation of Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales
- Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives
- Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws
- "Mother Goose’s French Birth (1697) and British Afterlife (1729)"
- "Thoughts on 'Heroinism' in French Fairy Tales"