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Fairy tales from before fairy tales : the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies / Jan M. Ziolkowski.

By: Publication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.Description: xii, 500 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780472115686 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0472115685 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.209 22
LOC classification:
  • GR550 .Z55 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Folktales in medieval Latin poetry -- Between sacred legend and folktale : a whale of a story about a tenth-century fisherman -- A cautionary tale : Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s -- True lies and the growth of wonder : an eleventh-century "Little Claus and Great Claus" -- The wonder of the Turnip tale (ca. 1200) -- The reorientation of the Donkey tale (ca. 1200) -- Conclusion : sadly never after.
List(s) this item appears in: ENG 210 - Folk and Fairy Tale Resources

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445 - 479) and indexes.

Folktales in medieval Latin poetry -- Between sacred legend and folktale : a whale of a story about a tenth-century fisherman -- A cautionary tale : Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s -- True lies and the growth of wonder : an eleventh-century "Little Claus and Great Claus" -- The wonder of the Turnip tale (ca. 1200) -- The reorientation of the Donkey tale (ca. 1200) -- Conclusion : sadly never after.

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