ISBN:
9781442688087
,
1442688084
Language:
English
,
Italian
Pages:
Online Ressource
,
ill.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Buck, Lawrence P. [Rezension von: Magnanini, Suzanne, Fairy-Tale Science: Monstrous Generation in the Tales of Straparola and Basile] 2010
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Magnanini, Suzanne Fairy-tale science
DDC:
398.209450903
Keywords:
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco approximately 1480-1557? Criticism and interpretation
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Basile, Giambattista approximately 1575-1632 Criticism and interpretation
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Basile, Giambattista Criticism and interpretation
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Straparola, Giovanni Francesco Criticism and interpretation
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Basile, Giambattista
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Straparola, Giovanni Francesco
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Straparola, Giovanni Francesco
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Basile, Giambattista
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Monsters Folklore
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Fairy tales History and criticism
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Italy
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Literature and science History
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Italy
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Italian fiction History and criticism
;
16th century
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Italian fiction History and criticism
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17th century
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Monsters in literature
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Fairy tales History and criticism
;
Literature and science History
;
Italian fiction History and criticism 16th century
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Italian fiction History and criticism 17th century
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Monsters Folklore
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; Italian
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Fairy tales
;
Italian fiction
;
Literature and science
;
Monsters
;
Monsters in literature
;
Ungeheuer
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Folklore
;
History
;
Italy
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"In Fairy-Tale Science Suzanne Magnanini explores the birth and evolution of the literary fairy tale in the context of early modern discourses on the monstrous. She demonstrates how both the normative literary theories of the Italian intellectual establishment and the emerging New Science limited the genre's success on its native soil. Natural philosophers, physicians, and clergymen positioned the fairy tale in opposition to science, fixing it as a negative pole in a binary system, one which came to define both a new type of scientific inquiry and the nascent literary genre. Magnanini also suggests that, by identifying their literary production with the monstrous and the feminine, Straparola and Basile contributed to the marginalization of the new genre." "A wide-ranging yet carefully crafted study, Fairy-Tale Science investigates the complex interplay between scientific discourse and an emerging literary genre, and expands our understanding of the early modern European imagination."--Jacket
Abstract:
Introduction. Science Fictions -- 1. Facts and Favole -- 2. Wonder Tales in the Age of the Marvellous -- 3. 'Con l'uno e l'altro sesso': Gender, Genre, and Monstrosity in Straparola's Frame Tale -- 4. 'Per far vere le favole': Manipulating Maternal Desire in Basile's Frame Tale -- 5. Bestiality and Interclass Marriage in Straparola's 'Il re porco' -- 6. Foils and Fakes: Manufactured Monsters and the Dragon-Slayer -- 7. Fertile Flatulence: Monstrous Paternity in Basile's 'Viola'.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index. - Includes some text in Italian
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