The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm

A NORTON CRITICAL EDITION


    Contents

    A Note on the Illustrations

    Introduction

    The Texts of the Great Fairy Tale Tradition

    CLEVER THIEVES

      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Cassandrino the Thief
      Brothers Grimm * The Master Thief

    SWINDLED SWINDLERS
      Giovan Francesco Straparaola * The Priest Scarpafico
      Brothers Grimm * Little Farmer

    INCESTUOUS FATHERS
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Tebaldo
      Giambattista Basile * The Bear
      Charles Perrault * Donkey Skin
      Brothers Grimm * All Fur

    BEASTLY BORN HEROES
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Galeotto
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * The Wild Boar
      Henriette Julie de Murat * The Pig King
      Brothers Grimm * Hans My Hedgehog

    THE WISHES OF FOOLS
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Pietro the Fool
      Giambattista Basile * Peruonto
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * The Dolphin
      Brothers Grimm * Simple Hans

    DANGEROUS SIRENS
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Fortunio
      Jean de Mailly * Fortunio
      Brothers Grimm * The Nixie in the Pond

    DISGUISED HEROES
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Constanza/Constanzo
      Giambattista Basile * The Three Crowns
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * Belle-Belle or the Chevalier FortunÈ
      Henriette Julie de Murat * The Savage

    ENVIOUS SISTERS
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Ancilotto, King of Provino
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * Princess Belle-Etoile and Prince Cheri
      Eustache Le Noble * The Bird of Truth
      Antoine Galland * The Two Sisters Who Envied their Cadette
      Brothers Grimm * The Three Little Birds

    WILD MEN
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Guerrino and the Savage Man
      Jean de Mailly * Prince Guerini
      Friedmund von Arnim * Iron Hans
      Brothers Grimm * The Wild Man
      Brothers Grimm * Iron Hans

    COMPETITIVE BROTHERS
      Girolamo Morlini * Three Brothers Who Become Wealthy Wandering the World
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * The Three Brothers
      Giambattista Basile * The Five Brothers
      Brothers Grimm * The Four Skillful Brothers

    TRIUMPHANT APPRENTICES
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Maestro Lattantio and his Apprentice Dionigi
      Eustache Le Noble * The Apprentice Magician
      Brothers Grimm * The Thief and his Master

    BROTHERLY LOVE
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Cesarino, the Dragon Slayer
      Giambattista Basile * The Merchant
      Brothers Grimm * The Two Brothers

    SHREWD CATS
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * Constantino Fortunato
      Giambattista Basile * Cagliuso
      Charles Perrault * The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots
      Brothers Grimm * Puss in Boots

    VIRTUOUS QUEENS
      Giovan Francesco Straparola * The Snake and the Maiden
      Jean de Mailly * Blanche-Belle

    MAGIC HELPERS
      Giambattista Basile * The Ogre
      Brothers Grimm * The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack

    FOOLISH PEASANTS
      Giambattista Basile * Vardiello
      Brothers Grimm * Freddy and Katy

    THE REVENGE AND REWARD OF NEGLECTED DAUGHTERS
      Giambattista Basile * The Cat Cenerentola
      Charles Perrault * Cinderella, or The Glass Slipper
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * Finette Cendron
      Brothers Grimm * Cinderella

    THE POWER OF LOVE
      Giambattista Basile * Petrosinella
      Charlotte-Rose de la Force * Persinette
      Friedrich Schulz * Rapunzel
      Brothers Grimm * Rapunzel

    TERRIBLE CURSES AND LUCKY PRINCES
      Giambattista Basile * The Dove
      Brothers Grimm * The Two Kings' Children

    THE FATHER'S BETRAYAL
      Giovanni Fiorentino * Dionigia and the King of England
      Giambattista Basile * The Maiden Without Hands
      Brothers Grimm * The Maiden Without Hands

    THE ART OF GOOD CONDUCT
      Giambattista Basile * Sapia Liccarda
      Marie-Jeanne LhÈritier * The Discreet Princess, or The Adventures of Finette

    REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS FOR GOOD AND BAD GIRLS
      Giambattista Basile * The Three Fairies
      Marie-Jeanne LhÈritier * The Enchantments of Eloquence, or The Effects of Sweetness
      Charles Perrault * The Fairies
      Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont * Aurore and AimÈe
      Brothers Grimm * Mother Holle

    MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
      Giambattista Basile * The Three King Beasts
      Friedmund von Arnim * The Castle of the Golden Sun
      Brothers Grimm * The Crystal Ball

    THE FATE OF SPINNING
      Giambattista Basile * The Seven Bits of Bacon Rind
      Marie-Jeanne LhÈritier * Ricdin-Ricdon
      Brothers Grimm * Rumpelstiltskin
      Brothers Grimm * The Three Spinners
      Brothers Grimm * The Lazy Spinner

    GOOD AT HEART AND UGLY AS SIN
      Giambattista Basile * The Two Cakes
      Brothers Grimm * The White Bride and the Black Bride

    FAITHFUL SISTERS
      Giambattista Basile * The Seven Doves
      Brothers Grimm * The Twelve Brothers

    FAITHFUL SERVANTS
      Giambattista Basile * The Raven
      Brothers Grimm * Faithful Johannes

    THE TAMING OF SHREWS
      Giambattista Basile * Pride Punished
      Brothers Grimm * King Thrushbeard

    LUCKY BUMPKINS
      Giambattista Basile * The Goose
      Brothers Grimm * The Golden Goose

    THE FRUITFUL SLEEP
      Giambattista Basile * The Sun, the Moon, and Talia
      Charles Perrault * Sleeping Beauty
      Brothers Grimm * Brier Rose

    ABANDONED CHILDREN
      Giambattista Basile * Ninnillo and Nennella
      Charles Perrault * Little Thumbling
      Brothers Grimm * Hansel and Gretel

    INCONVENIENT MARRIAGES
      Catherine Bernard * Riquet with the Tuft
      Charles Perrault * Riquest with the Tuft
      Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont * Spirituel and Astre

    BLOODTHIRSTY HUSBANDS
      Charles Perrault * Bluebeard
      Brothers Grimm * Bluebeard
      Brothers Grimm * Fitcher's Bird
      Brothers Grimm * The Robber Bridegroom

    DANGEROUS WOLVES AND NA¦VE GIRLS
      Charles Perrault * Little Red Riding Hood
      Brothers Grimm * Little Red Cap

    LOVE CONQUERS ALL
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * The Orange Tree and the Bee
      Brothers Grimm * Okerlo

    COMPASSIONATE SISTERS AND UNGRATEFUL DEMONS
      Caroline Stahl * The Ungrateful Dwarf
      Brothers Grimm * Snow White and Rose Red

    THE REDEEMER
      Albert Ludwig Grimm * The Three Princes
      Brothers Grimm * The Queen Bee

    THE BEAST AS BRIDEGROOM
      Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy * The Ram
      Jean Paul Bignon * Zeineb
      Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont * Beauty and the Beast
      Brothers Grimm * The Singing, Springing Lark

    Criticism

      Jack Zipes * The Cross-Cultural Connections and the Contamination of the Classical Fairy Tale
      W. G. Waters * [Essay from The Facetious Nights of Straparola]
      Benedetto Croce * [Essay from The Pentamerone of Giambattista Basile]
      Lewis Siefert * The Marvelous in Context: The Place of the Contes de FÈes in Late Seventeenth-Century France
      Patricia Hannon * Corps cadavres: Heroes and Heroines in the Tales of Perrault
      Harry Velten * The Influence of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma MËre L'Oie on German Folklore
      Siegfried Neumann * The Brothers Grimm as Collectors and Editors of German Folklore

    Brief Biographies

    Selelected Bibliography

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