Giambattista Basile's The tale of tales, or, Entertainment for little ones / translated by Nancy L. Canepa ; illustrated by Carmelo Lettere ; foreword by Jack Zipes.

The first unabridged English translation taken directly from Basile's monumental Lo cunto de li cunti (1634-1636), this edition is fully annotated and illustrated, with an extensive bibliography. The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the ea...

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Main Author: Basile, Giambattista, approximately 1575-1632
Other Authors: Canepa, Nancy L., 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2007.
Series:Series in fairy-tale studies.
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Uniform Title:Pentamerone.