Fairy tales from before fairy tales : the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies / / Jan M. Ziolkowski

• Autore: Ziolkowski Jan M. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2009, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.209
• Soggetto topico: Fairy tales - History and criticism; Tales
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 445 - 479) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fairy tales from before fairy tales
• ISBN: 9786612591518; 9781282591516; 1282591517; 9780472025220; 0472025228
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963834703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II