Ep 45 - Bluebeard Part 1 - Feat. Kailey Bray
We bring in special guest Kailey Bray to talk to you about the legendary fairytale, Bluebeard.
In the first of our two part series on this figure, Rowan, Tracey, and Kailey talk about the history of Bluebeard and his author Charles Perrault.
Sources
General Story info:
Story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/4858/blue-beard/
Charles Perrault, The Complete Fairy Tales, A new translation by
Christopher Betts (Oxford World Classics)
History:
Perrault and his “daughters”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Charlotte_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
https://anecdota.princeton.edu/archives/500#footnote
https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/charles-perrault
https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/232724
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Perrault
Conomor the Accursed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conomor
https://www.boneandsickle.com/category/conomor-the-accursed/
https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/the-breton-bluebeard-and-his-bride/
Gilles de Rais
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gilles-de-rais-bluebeard
http://gillesderaiswasinnocent.blogspot.com/
Gilles de Rais by Jean Benedetti
James Watson
https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/james-bluebeard-watson-serial-killer-14490554.php
https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-prolific-murders-and-marriages-of-james-p-watson-afb8216b83e7
Helmuth Schmidt
http://alenereaugh.com/passion-flower/synopsis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_Schmidt
Analysis:
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes
Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and his Wives by Maria Tatar
https://blog.pshares.org/women-who-open-doors-bluebeard-and-horror/
https://theattic.jezebel.com/something-is-wrong-in-this-house-how-bluebeard-became-1829596691
https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2019/07/bluebeard.html
From the Beast to the Blonde: Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner
Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar
https://www.grunge.com/238435/the-legend-of-bluebeard-finally-explained/
Mother Goose Refigured, A critical translation of Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales by Christine A. Jones
Pop Culture:
Magpie Games
https://magpiegames.com/bluebeards-bride/\
"Bones" by Francesca Lia Block (from The Rose and the Beast)
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