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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition

Contents

  • 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 Fortuné
    • 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 Lhéritier, The Discreet Princess, or The Adventures of Finette
  • REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS FOR GOOD AND BAD GIRLS
    • Giambattista Basile, The Three Fairies
    • Marie-Jeanne Lhéritier, The Enchantments of Eloquence, or The Effects of Sweetness
    • Charles Perrault, The Fairies
    • Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Aurore and Aimée
    • 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 Lhéritier, 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 NAŠVE 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 Fées 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 Mère L’Oie on German Folklore
  • Siegfried Neumann, The Brothers Grimm as Collectors and Editors of German Folklore

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