The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

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Gourmont, Remy de

Gourmont, Remy de (1858–1915),
French writer and critic. He identified Marie de France's Lais as a source for the French fairy tradition. His Histoires magiques (Magic Stories, 1894) includes several fantastic tales. The symbolist work ‘Le Château singulier’ (‘The Singular Castle’) reflects Gourmont's idealist philosophy as a princess tests her suitors, accepting only the one who can forgo sexuality; the others will be condemned to a life of physical drudgery. In ‘L'Étable’ (‘The Stable’, in D'un pays lointain, 1930) a serving girl also passes a test to become a prince's bride.

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