Giambattista Basile's the Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies)

Giambattista Basile's the Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies)

by Giambattista Basile (Author), Giambattista Basile (Author), Jack Zipes (Foreword), Nancy L Canepa (Translator)

Synopsis

The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones is a modern translation that preserves the distinctive character of Basile's original.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 494
Edition: Annotated
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 18 Apr 2016

ISBN 10: 0814342574
ISBN 13: 9780814342572