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Fairytales : a world between the imaginary : metaphor at play in "Lo cunto de li cunti" by Giambattista Basile /
This book investigates Basile's contribution to the establishment of fairytales as a literary genre; the focus is on his masterpiece Lo cunto de li Cunti. The volume examines Basile's work's debt to tradition and its influence on posterity, while also studying the author's unique...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | This book investigates Basile's contribution to the establishment of fairytales as a literary genre; the focus is on his masterpiece Lo cunto de li Cunti. The volume examines Basile's work's debt to tradition and its influence on posterity, while also studying the author's unique use of metaphors in the rich Neapolitan dialect. As this study reveals, metaphors in Lo cunto de li cunti are not used simply as a mean of embellishment; rather they are employed as a way to inform the reader of the ... |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781443874953 1443874957 |