International audienceMetamorphosis lies at the heart of the Melusinian legend. It concerns the passing from one kingdom to another since the fairy, appearing as a woman, can transform into a boar or, especially, a serpent or dragon. Melusine is a true spirit of Nature, wherein lies the explanation of her ability to assume the aspects of different creatures: metamorphosis expresses the fairy's very essence, as attested by the troubling theme of motherhood with which she is associated. Still, transformation of the beauty is not based solely in bodily change as Melusine is seeking a soul and aspiring to become a human woman in order to obtain salvation. This powerful metamorphic theme both engenders and motivates the rewritings of the legend ...
By comparing the European literary character Melusine with her Chinese counterpart Madam White, my t...
Magic and metamorphosis always go hand in hand in wonder tales. I argue that in Marie Cathérine d’Au...
© 2002 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc, New York. This file contains front matter (including ToC) and 1s...
International audienceMetamorphosis lies at the heart of the Melusinian legend. It concerns the pass...
In this thesis, we will try to identify the transformations that the fairy Melusine underwent in the...
International audienceThe deeply medieval Melusine echoes several ancient characters and her story s...
International audienceThe deeply medieval Melusine echoes several ancient characters and her story s...
Metamorphosis. In the first century of our era, the Latin poet Ovid coined this new word to designat...
Chronicled in two medieval novels, by Jean d'Arras and Coudrette, at the turn of the 15th century, t...
Ce travail porte sur les origines et les évolutions du conte merveilleux et de sapoétique, à travers...
À la fois mythique constructeur ou destructeur de Mondes, incarnation du Malin pour l'Église au Moy...
Manuscrit sur parchemin, premier quart du XV e siècle. (27,2 x 20 cm)L'époux de Mélusine n'a pu rési...
Il peut sembler étonnant de consacrer une étude d’ampleur aux fortunes politiques d’une fée médiéval...
La Diva transgresse par amour ; alors un rituel initiatique et des rites de passage transforment sur...
The Illusionary Metamorphosis : from Christian Theories of Metamorphoses to Medieval Images of the W...
By comparing the European literary character Melusine with her Chinese counterpart Madam White, my t...
Magic and metamorphosis always go hand in hand in wonder tales. I argue that in Marie Cathérine d’Au...
© 2002 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc, New York. This file contains front matter (including ToC) and 1s...
International audienceMetamorphosis lies at the heart of the Melusinian legend. It concerns the pass...
In this thesis, we will try to identify the transformations that the fairy Melusine underwent in the...
International audienceThe deeply medieval Melusine echoes several ancient characters and her story s...
International audienceThe deeply medieval Melusine echoes several ancient characters and her story s...
Metamorphosis. In the first century of our era, the Latin poet Ovid coined this new word to designat...
Chronicled in two medieval novels, by Jean d'Arras and Coudrette, at the turn of the 15th century, t...
Ce travail porte sur les origines et les évolutions du conte merveilleux et de sapoétique, à travers...
À la fois mythique constructeur ou destructeur de Mondes, incarnation du Malin pour l'Église au Moy...
Manuscrit sur parchemin, premier quart du XV e siècle. (27,2 x 20 cm)L'époux de Mélusine n'a pu rési...
Il peut sembler étonnant de consacrer une étude d’ampleur aux fortunes politiques d’une fée médiéval...
La Diva transgresse par amour ; alors un rituel initiatique et des rites de passage transforment sur...
The Illusionary Metamorphosis : from Christian Theories of Metamorphoses to Medieval Images of the W...
By comparing the European literary character Melusine with her Chinese counterpart Madam White, my t...
Magic and metamorphosis always go hand in hand in wonder tales. I argue that in Marie Cathérine d’Au...
© 2002 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc, New York. This file contains front matter (including ToC) and 1s...