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Fairy tales from before fairy tales : the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies / Jan M. Ziolkowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ziolkowski, Jan M., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fairy tales--History and criticism.
- Fairy tales.
- Tales--Classification.
- Tales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (513 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2009, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the links between tales preserved in Latin from the Middle Ages and "classic" fairy tales from the collections of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One - Folktales in Medieval Latin Poetry
- Two - Between Sacred Legend and Folktale - A Whale of a Story about a Tenth-Century Fisherman
- Three - A Cautionary Tale - Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s
- Four - True Lies and the Growth of Wonder - An Eleventh-Century "Little Claus and Great Claus"
- Five - The Wonder of The Turnip Tale (ca. 1200)
- Six - The Reorientation of The Donkey Tale (ca. 1200)
- Conclusion - Sadly Never After
- Appendix
- One - Man Swallowed by Fish (ATU 1889G)
- Two - Truths and Lies
- Three - One-Ox: The Rich and the Poor Peasant (ATU 1535)
- Four - The Turnip Tale: Two Presents for the King (ATU 1689A)
- Five - The Donkey Tale: The Ass (ATU 430)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Indexes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 445 - 479) and indexes.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786612591518
- 9781282591516
- 1282591517
- 9780472025220
- 0472025228
- OCLC:
- 647889017
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