Fairy tales from before fairy tales
Subtitle: the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies
By: Jan M. Ziolkowski
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780472033799
Subjects: Tales; Fairy tales; Classification; History and criticism
Description: "Jan M. Ziolkowski not only provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical debates about fairy tale origins but includes an extensive discussion of the relationship of the fairy tale to both the written and oral sources. Ziolkowski offers interpretation of a sampling of the tales in order to sketch the complex connections that existed in the Middle Ages between oral folktales and their written equivalents, the variety of uses to which the writers applied the stories, and the diverse relationships between the medieval texts and the expressions of the same tales in the "classic" fairy tale collections of the nineteenth century"--Back of book.
Notes: Originally published in hardcover: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2007.

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