Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale TraditionUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 1 mrt 2013 - 176 pagina's 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 over the course of centuries. 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. |
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Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition Ruth B. Bottigheimer Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2002 |
Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition Ruth B. Bottigheimer Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2013 |