Fairy-Tale Science : Monstrous Generation in the Takes of Straparola and Basile
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442688087
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
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Computer data. - Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Science Fictions -- 1. Facts and Favole -- 2. Wonder Tales in the Age of the Marvellous -- 3. 'Con l'uno e l'altro sesso': Gender, Genre, and Monstrosity in Straparola's Frame Tale -- 4. 'Per far vere le favole': Manipulating Maternal Desire in Basile's Frame Tale -- 5. Bestiality and Interclass Marriage in Straparola's 'Il re porco' -- 6. Foils and Fakes: Manufactured Monsters and the Dragon-Slayer -- 7. Fertile Flatulence: Monstrous Paternity in Basile's 'Viola' -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Restrictions on Access Note: | restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in print. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) |
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Subject: | Fairy tales -- Italy -- History and criticism Literature and science -- Italy -- History Monsters in literature Monsters -- Folklore LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian Multi-User. |