Fairy godfather : Straparola, Venice, and the fairy tale tradition
"In a bold departure from conventional fairy tale scholarship, Ruth B. Bottigheimer asserts that city life and a single individual played a central role in the creation and transmission of many of these familiar tales. According to her, a provincial boy, Zoan Francesco Straparola, went to Venice to seek his fortune and found it by inventing the modern fairy tale, including the long beloved "Puss in Boots," and by selling its many versions to the hopeful inhabitants of that colorful and commercially bustling city."
Print Book, English, ©2002
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, ©2002
Criticism, interpretation, etc
156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780812236804, 0812236807
49873331
1. 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
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION I 1. RESTORATION AND RISE 5 2. RAGGED POVERTY AND THE PROMISE OF MAGIC 28 3. A POSSIBLE BIOGRAPHY FOR ZOAN FRANCESCO STRAPAROLA DA CARAVAGGIO 45 4. STRAPAROLA AT HIS DESK 82 5. STRAPAROLA'S LITTLE BOOKS AND THEIR LASTING LEGACY 120