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Genre/Form: | Electronic book Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Bottigheimer, Ruth B. Fairy godfather. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2002 (DLC) 2002020425 |
Named Person: | Giovanni Francesco Straparola; Giovanni Francesco Straparola; Giovanni Francesco Straparola; Giovanni Francesco Straparola; Giovanni Francesco Straparola |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ruth B Bottigheimer |
ISBN: | 9780812201390 0812201396 |
OCLC Number: | 859161112 |
Description: | 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- I: Restoration and Rise -- 2: Ragged Poverty and the Promise of Magic -- 3: A Possible Biography for Zoan Francesco Straparola Da Caravaggio -- 4: Straparola at his Desk -- 5: Straparola's Little Books and their Lasting Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |
Series Title: | JSTOR EBA. |
Responsibility: | Ruth B. Bottigheimer. |
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Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola. * Adam Gopnik, <i>New Yorker</i> * A vivid and compelling picture of life in Venice and the Veneto in the sixteenth century. * Guido Ruggiero, Pennsylvania State University * Thanks to the initiative and wide-ranging scholarly industry of Ruth Bottigheimer, teachers and students . . . now have available to them a highly readable, at times quite engrossing account of the little that is known, and whatever can be surmised, about the author who launched the genre that was to become the literary folk fairy tale. * <i>The Lion and the Unicorn</i> * A masterly demonstration. . . . A substantial achievement. * <i>Times Literary Supplement</i> * Well researched, gracefully written, and beautifully printed. Highly recommended. * <i>Choice</i> * Read more...

