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

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

"Jan M. Ziolkowski not only provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical debates about fairy tale origins but includes an extensive discussion of the relationship of the fairy tale to both the written and oral sources. Ziolkowski offers interpretation of a sampling of the tales in order...

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Autor principal: Ziolkowski, Jan M., 1956- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press c2007.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31361304*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Folktales in medieval Latin poetry
  • 2. Between sacred legend and folktale : a whale of a story about a tenth-century fisherman
  • 3. A cautionary tale : Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s
  • 4. True lies and the growth of wonder : an eleventh-century "Little Claus and Great Claus"
  • 5. The wonder of the Turnip tale (ca. 1200)
  • 6. The reorientation of the Donkey tale (ca. 1200)
  • Conclusion : Sadly never after
  • Appendix
  • 1. Man swallowed by fish (ATU 1889G)
  • A. The "Great Fish" in the Book of Jonah (Rheims-Douay)
  • B. Letaldus of Micy, About a certain fisherman whom a whale swallowed
  • C. Rudolph Erich Raspe, Baron Munchausen : Narrative of his marvellous travels (1785), Chapter 8
  • D. Hisperica famina B, Lines 157-217, and Letaldus's poem : source and influence, or parallels?
  • 2. Truths and lies
  • A. "the wish-goat" ("Wunschbock" : ATU 1960A)
  • B. "Lantfrid and Cobbo" (Carmina Cantabrigiensia 6)
  • C. "Modus Liebinc," or "The song to the Liebo tune" (Carmina Cantabrigiensia 14 ; ATU 1362 "The snow-child")
  • D. "Modus florum," or "the song to the flowers tune" (Carmina Cantabrigiensia 15 ; ATU 852 "The lying contest").
  • E. "The false prophet and Archbishop Heriger of Mainz : otherworldly voyages to Hell and Heaven, this-worldly punishment" (Carmina Cantabrigiensia 24)
  • F. "The priest in the pit" (Carmina Cantabrigiensia 35)
  • G. "Little John" (Carmina Cantabrigiensia 42)
  • 3. One-Ox : the rich and the poor peasant (ATU 1535)
  • A. One-Ox (Unibos)
  • B. The story of the peasant Campriano (Storia di Campriano contadino)
  • C. Straparola, "Father Scarpafico" (Le piacevoli notti, Night 1, Fable 3)
  • D. Brothers Grimm, "About the tailor who became rich quickly" (BP 2:1-3)
  • E. Brothers Grimm, "The little farmer" ("Das bürle" [KHM 61])
  • F. "Kibitz"
  • G. Hans Christian Andersen, "Little Claus and Great Claus"
  • H. List of folk-literature motifs in One-Ox.
  • 4. The turnip tale : two presents for the King (ATU 1689A)
  • A. The turnip tale [1] (Rapularius "frivola")
  • B. The turnip tale [2] (Rapularius "prodiga")
  • C. Brothers Grimm, "the turnip" ("Die rübe" [KHM 146])
  • 5. The donkey tale : the ass (ATU 430)
  • A. The donkey tale (Asinarius)
  • B. "The story of Vikramāditya's birth"
  • C. Brothers Grimm, "The donkey" ("Das eselein" [KHM144])
  • D. Straparola, "King Pig" (Le piacevoli notti, Night 2, Fable 1)
  • E. Brothers Grimm, "Hans my hedgehog" ("Hans mein igel" [KHM 108])
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.

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