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'''''The Robber Bridegroom''''' is a 1942 [[novella]] by [[Eudora Welty]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=SuperSummary|url=https://www.supersummary.com/the-robber-bridegroom/summary/|access-date=2021-04-27|website=SuperSummary|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Als|first=Hilton|title=Good and Evil in "The Robber Bridegroom"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/good-and-evil-in-the-robber-bridegroom|access-date=2021-04-27|magazine=The New Yorker|date=19 February 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''''The Robber Bridegroom''''' is a 1942 [[novella]] by [[Eudora Welty]].


The story, inspired by and loosely based on the [[Grimm Brothers|Grimm]] [[fairy tale]] ''[[The Robber Bridegroom (fairy tale)|The Robber Bridegroom]]'', is a [[American South|Southern]] [[Folklore|folk tale]] set in [[Mississippi]]. At the opening of the novella, the legendary [[Mike Fink]] meets gentleman robber Jamie Lockhart, and Lockhart comes out on top. The story follows Clement Musgrove back to his home on the [[Natchez Trace]], where he lives with his daughter, Rosamund, and second wife, Salome. Lockhart kidnaps Rosamund, and the two quickly fall in love.
The story, inspired by and loosely based on the [[Grimm Brothers|Grimm]] [[fairy tale]] ''[[The Robber Bridegroom (fairy tale)|The Robber Bridegroom]]'', is a [[American South|Southern]] [[Folklore|folk tale]] set in [[Mississippi]].<ref name=":0" /> At the opening of the novella, the legendary [[Mike Fink]] meets gentleman robber Jamie Lockhart, and Lockhart comes out on top. The story follows Clement Musgrove back to his home on the [[Natchez Trace]], where he lives with his daughter, Rosamund, and second wife, Salome. Lockhart kidnaps Rosamund, and the two quickly fall in love.


The novel utilizes aspects of the [[Cupid and Psyche]] [[Mythology|myth]]. It was adapted by [[Alfred Uhry]] and [[Robert Waldman]] into a [[The Robber Bridegroom (musical)|musical of the same name]] in the early seventies and opened for a short run on Broadway in 1976.
The novel utilizes aspects of the [[Cupid and Psyche]] [[Mythology|myth]]. It was adapted by [[Alfred Uhry]] and [[Robert Waldman]] into a [[The Robber Bridegroom (musical)|musical of the same name]] in the early seventies and opened for a short run on Broadway in 1976.

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Revision as of 12:57, 6 June 2024

For other uses, see The Robber Bridegroom (disambiguation).
The Robber Bridegroom
First edition cover
AuthorEudora Welty
SpracheEnglisch
PublisherDoubleday, Doran (US) & The Bodley Head (UK)
Publication date
1942
Publication placeVereinigte Staaten
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages185

The Robber Bridegroom is a 1942 novella by Eudora Welty.[1][2]

The story, inspired by and loosely based on the Grimm fairy tale The Robber Bridegroom, is a Southern folk tale set in Mississippi.[1] At the opening of the novella, the legendary Mike Fink meets gentleman robber Jamie Lockhart, and Lockhart comes out on top. The story follows Clement Musgrove back to his home on the Natchez Trace, where he lives with his daughter, Rosamund, and second wife, Salome. Lockhart kidnaps Rosamund, and the two quickly fall in love.

The novel utilizes aspects of the Cupid and Psyche myth. It was adapted by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman into a musical of the same name in the early seventies and opened for a short run on Broadway in 1976.

References

  1. ^ a b "SuperSummary". SuperSummary. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. ^ Als, Hilton (19 February 2016). "Good and Evil in "The Robber Bridegroom"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-04-27.


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