Fairy-Tale Science : Monstrous Generation in the Takes of Straparola and Basile /

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"In Fairy-Tale Science Suzanne Magnanini explores the birth and evolution of the literary fairy tale in the context of early modern discourses on the monstrous. She demonstrates how both the normative literary theories of the Italian intellectual establishment and the emerging New Science limit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Magnanini, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2008
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Basile, Giambattista.
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco.
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, > approximately 1480-1557?
Basile, Giambattista, > approximately 1575-1632.
Basile, Giambattista, > approximately 1575-1632 > Critique et interpretation.
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, > approximately 1480-1557? > Critique et interpretation.
Basile, Giambattista, > approximately 1575-1632 > Criticism and interpretation.
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, > approximately 1480-1557? > Criticism and interpretation.
Ungeheuer
Monsters in literature.
Monsters.
Literature and science.
Italian fiction.
Fairy tales.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Roman italien > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman italien > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Monstres dans la litterature.
Litterature et sciences > Italie > Histoire.
Contes de fees > Italie > Histoire et critique.
Monstres > Folklore.
Italian fiction > 17th century > History and criticism.
Italian fiction > 16th century > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Italy > History.
Fairy tales > Italy > History and criticism.
Monsters > Folklore.
Italy.
History.
Folklore.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Fairy-Tale Science Suzanne Magnanini explores the birth and evolution of the literary fairy tale in the context of early modern discourses on the monstrous. She demonstrates how both the normative literary theories of the Italian intellectual establishment and the emerging New Science limited the genre's success on its native soil. Natural philosophers, physicians, and clergymen positioned the fairy tale in opposition to science, fixing it as a negative pole in a binary system, one which came to define both a new type of scientific inquiry and the nascent literary genre. Magnanini also suggests that, by identifying their literary production with the monstrous and the feminine, Straparola and Basile contributed to the marginalization of the new genre." "A wide-ranging yet carefully crafted study, Fairy-Tale Science investigates the complex interplay between scientific discourse and an emerging literary genre, and expands our understanding of the early modern European imagination."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9781442688087

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