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Fairy Godfather

- Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition

About Fairy Godfather

"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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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780812236804
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 176
  • Published:
  • October 13, 2002
  • Dimensions:
  • 236x160x22 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 432 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 19, 2024

Description of Fairy Godfather

"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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