Author: George Harris BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
A Study of the Syntax of Le Moyen de Parvenir
Author: George Harris BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The World View of Béroalde de Verville
Author: Janis L. PallisterPublisher: Vrin
ISBN: 9782711641154
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Register of the University of California
Author: University of California (1868-1952)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
Book Description
Commencement
Author: University of California, BerkeleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
De Pétrarque à Descartes
Author: A Crtitical Bibliography of French Literature V2 16th C
Author: Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The Modern Language Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews"
The Pleasant Nights - Volume 2
Author: Don BeecherPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144269954X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Renowned 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.
Current Research in French Studies at Universities and University Colleges in the United Kingdom
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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