[PDF] Nights Of Straparola Vol I eBook

Author : Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1528767462

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Volume I of the first English translation of ‘The Nights of Straparola’, originally published in 1894. A collection of stories in two volumes written by the Italian Renaissance author, Giovanni Francesco Straparola during the fifteenth century. The two volumes are divided into nights, where Lords, Ladies, damsels and gentlemen are gathered at a party in Venice and tell each other fairy tales, witty fables, and follies to entertain themselves. 74 tales are told over 13 nights, including folk and fairy-tales, novellas with themes of trickery and intrigue; and tragic and heroic stories. The collection includes some of the first known printed versions of European fairy tales, as they are known today, such as “Puss in Boots”, “The Four Clever Brothers”, “Donkeyskin” and others. Many of these tales have been collected or retold in later fairy tale collections, such as those by Giambattista Basile and the Brothers Grimm. This wonderful book is translated by W. G. Waters and is illustrated by E. R. Hughes. Pook Press celebrates the great 'Golden Age of Illustration' in children's literature - a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage classic illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

Author : Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Publisher : Pook Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 11,6 MB
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781528709248

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Volume I of the first English translation of 'The Nights of Straparola', originally published in 1894. This wonderful book of fairy tales and folk tales is translated by W. G. Waters and is illustrated by E. R. Hughes.

Author : Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 2014-02-22
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ISBN : 9781294679141

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Facetious Nights Of Straparola, Volume 1; Volumes 1-4 Of The Italian Novelists; The Facetious Nights Of Straparola; Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Girolamo Morlini Priv. print. for members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1901 Fairy tales; Italy; Tales

Author : Ruth B. Bottigheimer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 25,51 MB
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0812201396

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In the classic rags-to-riches fairy tale a penniless heroine (or hero), with some magic help, marries a royal prince (or princess) and rises to wealth. Received opinion has long been that stories like these originated among peasants, who passed them along by word of mouth from one place to another over the course of centuries. In a bold departure from conventional fairy tale scholarship, Ruth B. Bottigheimer asserts that city life and a single individual played a central role in the creation and transmission of many of these familiar tales. According to her, a provincial boy, Zoan Francesco Straparola, went to Venice to seek his fortune and found it by inventing the modern fairy tale, including the long beloved Puss in Boots, and by selling its many versions to the hopeful inhabitants of that colorful and commercially bustling city. With innovative literary sleuthing, Bottigheimer has reconstructed the actual composition of Straparola's collection of tales. Grounding her work in social history of the Renaissance Venice, Bottigheimer has created a possible biography for Straparola, a man about whom hardly anything is known. This is the first book-length study of Straparola in any language.

Author : Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1442644265

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This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text.