‘Where is the Prince?’ Unlocking Doré’s Illustration of Perrault’s Cinderella

Abstract

This article proposes to consider illustrations as “intersemiotic translation” from words into images. Using this methodology, illustrations give particular insights into the reception and interpretation of Perrault’s fairy tales in a specific cultural, social and political environment. The question then becomes what do Doré’s illustrations say about the reception of Perrault’s fairy tales in 19th‐century France?

Keywords

• Doré
• Perrault
• illustration
• intersemiotic translation