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Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales
Giuseppe Pietr
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Description for Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bouma, Adeetje. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Well, gentlemen, here's a tale that people have told time and again ...So begins the title story in this collection of fifty Sicilian folk and fairy tales edited and translated by noted folklore scholar Jack Zipes. But while some of the stories may sound as if they've been told time and again such as variations on Cinderella and Puss in Boots many will enchant English-language readers and storytellers for the first time. From The Pot of Basil to The Talking Belly, The Little Mouse with the Stinky Tail to Peppi, Who Wandered out ... Read more
Well, gentlemen, here's a tale that people have told time and again ...So begins the title story in this collection of fifty Sicilian folk and fairy tales edited and translated by noted folklore scholar Jack Zipes. But while some of the stories may sound as if they've been told time and again such as variations on Cinderella and Puss in Boots many will enchant English-language readers and storytellers for the first time. From The Pot of Basil to The Talking Belly, The Little Mouse with the Stinky Tail to Peppi, Who Wandered out ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226462790
SKU
V9780226462790
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About Giuseppe Pietr
Jack Zipes is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. Among his many edited or translated collections and original books are The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, and Grimm Legacies: The Magic Power of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales. He lives in ... Read more
Reviews for Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales
Many scholars have sought to explain, and thereby demystify, the elusive spell cast by fairy tales. Zipes . . . uncovers provocative new layers of meaning by viewing the collection and creation of now classic tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and others through the lens of history.
Diane Cole New York Times, on When Dreams ... Read more
Diane Cole New York Times, on When Dreams ... Read more