Fairy godfather : Straparola, Venice, and the fairy tale tradition / Ruth B. Bottigheimer.

In the classic rags-to-riches fairy tale a penniless heroine (or hero), with some magic help, marries a royal prince (or princess) and rises to wealth. Received opinion has long been that stories like these originated among peasants, who passed them along by word of mouth from one place to another o...

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Main Author: Bottigheimer, Ruth B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2002.
Series:JSTOR EBA.
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Table of 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.