Turning the Tables on "Bluebeard": Intertextuality in Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox.

One of the chief criticisms of Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox is that the book is disjointed. The novel's fragmentation derives from Oyeyemi's studious avoidance of Perrault's "Bluebeard," which functions as the absent center of the novel. Rather than perpetuating the misogynistic elements present in Perra...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 20 - 37
Autor principal:	Lorhan, Laura
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	Indiana University Press Fall2025
Materias:	Mr. Fox (Book : Oyeyemi) Oyeyemi, Helen Violence against women in literature Fairy tales 20th century (Literary period)
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