LEADER 04551nam 2200661 450 001 9910462027603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-9951-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442699519 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277853 035 $a(EBL)3282939 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000799014 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11501277 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000799014 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10764100 035 $a(PQKB)11704893 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4673028 035 $a(CEL)439898 035 $a(OCoLC)818015844 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3282939 035 $a(DE-B1597)483179 035 $a(OCoLC)1004870908 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442699519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4673028 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258677 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277853 100 $a20160926h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe pleasant nights$hVolume 1 /$fGiovan Francesco Straparola ; edited with introduction and commentaries by Donald Beecher ; translated by W.G. Waters, thoroughly revised and corrected by the editor 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (773 p.) 225 1 $aLorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library 300 $a"Translation of: Le piacevoli notti." 311 0 $a1-4426-4426-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tThe Pleasant Nights, Volume I --$tThe First Night --$tThe Second Night --$tThe Third Night --$tThe Fourth Night --$tThe Fifth Night 330 $aRenowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480-c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories, fables, jests, and pseudo-histories, including nine tales we might now designate for 'mature readers' and seventeen proto-fairy tales. Nearly all of these stories, including classics such as 'Puss in Boots,' made their first ever appearance in this collection; together, the tales comprise one of the most varied and engaging Renaissance miscellanies ever produced. Its appeal sustained it through twenty-six editions in the first sixty years. 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. As a comprehensive critical and historical edition, these volumes contain far more information on the stories than can be found in any existing studies, literary histories, or Italian editions of the work. Donald Beecher provides a lengthy introduction discussing Straparola as an author, the nature of fairy tales and their passage through oral culture, and how this phenomenon provides a new reservoir of stories for literary adaptation. Moreover, the stories all feature extensive commentaries analysing not only their themes but also their fascinating provenances, drawing on thousands of analogue tales going back to ancient Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic stories. Immensely entertaining and readable, The Pleasant Nights will appeal to anyone interested in fairy tales, ancient stories, and folk creations. Such readers will also enjoy Beecher's academically solid and erudite commentaries, which unfold in a manner as light and amusing as the stories themselves. 410 0$aLorenzo da Ponte Italian library series. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian. 676 $a853/.3 700 $aStraparola$b Giovanni Francesco$f1480-1557,$0168869 702 $aBeecher$b Donald 702 $aWaters$b W. G$g(William George),$f1844-1928, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462027603321 996 $aThe pleasant nights$92061803 997 $aUNINA