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Fairy-Tale Science : Monstrous Generation in the Takes of Straparola and Basile.
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.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Toronto Italian studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 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'
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
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- I
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- S
- T
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