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Fairy tales from before fairy tales : the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies /

When did fairy tales begin? What qualifies as a fairy tale? Is a true fairy tale oral or literary? Or is a fairy tale determined not by style but by content? To answer these and other questions, Jan M. Ziolkowski not only provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical debates about fairy tale...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ziolkowski, Jan M., 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2009, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Folktales in medieval Latin poetry
  • Between sacred legend and folktale : a whale of a story about a tenth-century fisherman
  • A cautionary tale : Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s
  • True lies and the growth of wonder : an eleventh-century "Little Claus and Great Claus"
  • The wonder of the Turnip tale (ca. 1200)
  • The reorientation of the Donkey tale (ca. 1200)
  • Conclusion : sadly never after.