The Pleasant Nights - Volume 1 / / ed. by Don Beecher.

Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480-c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories,...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2012
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
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Physical Description:1 online resource (792 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Pleasant Nights, Volume I
  • The First Night
  • The Second Night
  • The Third Night
  • The Fourth Night
  • The Fifth Night