[Michlib-l] Clarke Speaker Series: A Historical Cinderella Story

Whitledge, Bryan R whitl1br at CMICH.EDU
Thu Sep 11 11:16:37 EDT 2025


We are pleased to welcome Professor Anne E. Duggan, to discuss a 17th century variant of Cinderella.

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CLARKE SPEAKER SERIES

David and Eunice Sutherland Burgess Endowed Lecture

The Other Cinderella: The Legacies of "Finette-Cendron" by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy

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Professor Anne E. Duggan, Wayne State University

Imagine a Cinderella who kills her stepmother or decapitates an ogress or triumphantly splashes her sisters with mud on her way to trying on the famed slipper. These are not the first images that come to mind when we think of Cinderella tales in our post-Disney world. But all of these variants of the Cinderella story competed with one another for generations.

One 17th century French author, Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, produced a variant-"Finette-Cendron" or "Finette-Cinders"-that not only was frequently reprinted in France, England, and Germany, but also added to oral traditions in these countries as well as in the United States and Czechoslovakia, eventually serving as inspiration for the celebrated 1973 German-Czech film, Three Hazelnuts [Wishes] for Cinderella. This talk will explore the history and legacies of d'Aulnoy's Cinderella tale, whose heroine proves much more enterprising than that of Charles Perrault or Disney.

Join Us for This In-Person Event:
7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 25
Opperman Auditorium, Park Library

A reception in the Clarke will follow this event.

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