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

"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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Science Fictions
  • 1. Facts and Favole
  • 2. Wonder Tales in the Age of the Marvellous
  • 3. 'Con l'uno e l'altro sesso': Gender, Genre, and Monstrosity in Straparola's Frame Tale
  • 4. 'Per far vere le favole': Manipulating Maternal Desire in Basile's Frame Tale
  • 5. Bestiality and Interclass Marriage in Straparola's 'Il re porco'
  • 6. Foils and Fakes: Manufactured Monsters and the Dragon-Slayer
  • 7. Fertile Flatulence: Monstrous Paternity in Basile's 'Viola'.