Fairy Tales Framed 6
Contents 8
Acknowledgments 10
Address to the Reader 16
I. An Introduction to Fairy Tales and the
Boccaccian Literary Model 18
1.
An Introduction to Fairy Tales 20
2. Giovanni Boccaccio, The Genealogy of the
Pagan Gods (begun circa 1350) 30
II.
Fairy Tales in Italy:Early Authors, Theorists, and Critics 40
3.
The Literary Fairy Tale in Italy 42
4.
Giovan Francesco Straparola,The Pleasant Nights (1551, 1553) 58
5.
Andrea Calmo, “Letter to Signora Frondosa”(1556) 64
6. Girolamo Bargagli, Dialogue on Games
That Are Played during the Sienese Veglie(1572, written 1563) 72
7.
Giambattista Basile, The Tale of Tales(Dedication for Day 1, 1634) 78
8.
Girolamo Brusoni, The Glories of the Incogniti,Or the Illustrious Men of the Academy of the“Unknown Gentlemen” (1647) 84
9. Pompeo Sarnelli, Foreword to Giambattista Basile’s Pentamerone (1674) and Foreword to An Outing to Posillipo (1684) 88
10. Bartolomeo Lupardi, “Dedicatory Letter to
Signor Giuseppe Spada” (1679) 98
11. Maddelena and Teresa Manfredi, and
Teresa and Angiola Zanotti,The Gossip on the Chair (1742) 102
12.
Ferdinando Galiani,On the Neapolitan Dialect ([1779]) 106
13. Luigi Serio, The Fart. Response to
On the Neapolitan Dialect (1780) 112
III. Fairy Tales and Fairyl
and Fictions in France:Establishing the Canon 116
14.
Fairy Tales and Fairyland Fictions in France 118
15. Charles Perrault, Griselda, Novella, with the
Tale of Donkeyskin and That of the RidiculousWishes. Fourth Edition (1695) 130
16. Charles Perrault, Tales of
My Mother Goose (1695) 142
17.
Marie-Jeanne Lhéritier de Villandon,Diverse Works1 (1696) 144
18.
Catherine Bernard, “Prince Rosebush” and“Ricky of the Tuft” inInès of Cordova: A Spanish Novel (1696) 172
19. Mercure galant, Extract from
The History of the Marquise / Marquis ofBanneville (September 1696) 176
20. Charles Perrault, Histories, or Tales of Past Times, with Morals (1697) License 180
21. [Editor] Mercure galant, Presentation of Histories, or Tales of Past Times
( January 1697) 182
22. Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy,Tales of the Fairies (1697)2 and New Tales, or The Fashionable Fairies (1698) 184
23. Charlotte Rose de La Force, “Notice Concerning the Following Story”in The Tales of the Tales
(1698) 212
24.
Henriette Julie de Murat,Sublime and Allegorical Histories (1699) 216
25. Abbé Pierre de Villiers, Conversations about the Contes de Fées and some other works of our time,to serve as an antidote to bad taste, dedicated tothe gentlemen of the Académie Française (1699) 224
26.
Antoine Galland, Thousand and One Nights.Arab Tales Translated into French (1704–1717) 238
Works Cited 246
Contributors 260
Index 262
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
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K
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L
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M
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N
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O
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P
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R
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S
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T
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U
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V
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W
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Y
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Z
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