Fairy Godfather (Hardcover)

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Product Summary

Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0812236807
ISBN-13: 9780812236804
Buy.com Sku: 31023338
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Dimensions:  (in Inches) 9.25H x 6.25L x 0.75T
Pages:  176
Age Range:  NA
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""Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition" makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola."--Adam Gopnik, "New Yorker"

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Examines the life and work of Giovanni Francesco Straparola, who created the modern fairy tale and sought his fortune by selling his tales to the inhabitants of Renaissance Venice.Examines the life and work of Giovanni Francesco Straparola, who created the modern fairy tale and sought his fortune by selling his tales to the inhabitants of Renaissance Venice.
Author Bio
Ruth B. Bottigheimer
Ruth B. Bottigheimer is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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