Zipes Beautiful Angiola

The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura Gonzenbach
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-51175-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 632 Seiten

In one of the most startling literary discoveries of recent years, Jack Zipes has uncovered this neglected treasure trove of Sicilian folk and fairy tales. Like the Grimm brothers before her, Laura Gonzenbach, a talented Swiss-German born in Sicily, set out to gather up the tales told and retold among the peasants. Gonzenbach collected wonderful stories - some on subjects that readers will know from the Grimms or Perrault, some entirely new - and published them in German. Her early death and the destruction of her papers in the Messina earthquake of 1908 only add to the mystery behind her achievement. Beautiful Angiola is an instant classic: a nineteenth-century collection of stories in the great tradition of fairy and folk tales now translated into English for the first time. Gonzenbach delights us with heroines and princes, sorcery and surprise, the deeds of the brave and the treacherous, and the magic of the true storyteller. The Green Bird, The Humiliated Princess, sorfarina, The Magic Cane, the Golden Donkey, and the Little Stick that Hits are titles destine to become new favourites for readers everywhere. Yet while the stories enchant us, the wry taglines with which they often end ('And so they remained rich and consoled, while we keep sitting here and are getting old') gently bring us back to earth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zipes, Jack

Weitere Mitwirkende

Zipes, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Laura Gonzenbach's Buried Treasure
A Note on the Translation and the Acknowledgements
1. Sorfarina
2. The Green Bird
3. The Snake Who Bore Witness for a Maiden
4. The Sister of Muntifiuri
5. The Story about Ciccu
6. Count Piro
7. Beautiful Angiola
8. Betta Pilusa
9. Lignu di Scupa
10. Don Giovanni di la Fortuna
11. Federico and Epomata
12. The Fearless Young Man
13. Caruseddu
14. How St. Joseph Helped a Young Man Win the Daughter of a King
15. The Courageous Maiden
16. The Humiliated Princess
17. Rags and Leaves
18. The Brave Shoemaker
19. Prince Scursuni
20. Maria and her Brother
21. Autumunti and Paccaredda
22. Giufà
23. The Magic Cane, the Gold Donkey, and the Little Stick That Hits
24. The Singing Bagpipe
25. Giovanni and Katerina
26. The Shepherd Who Made the Princess Laugh
27. Beautiful Cardia
28. Quaddaruni and his Sister
29. The Daughter of the Sun
30. Paperarello
31. The Lion, Horse, and Fox
32. Giuseppinu
33. Crivòliu
34. Saint Onirià
35. The Abbot Who Rescued the Princess
36. Fata Morgana
37. The Pig King
38. The Courageous Prince and his Many Adventures
39. The King Who Wanted a Beautiful Wife
40. Ferrazzzanu
41. Sciauranciovi
42. Cacciaturino
43. The Virgin Mary's Child
44. The Story about Ohmy
45. The Daughter of the Prince Cirimimminu
46. The Godchild of Saint Francis of Paula
47. The Story about the Merchant's Son Peppino
48. Spadònia
49. King Cardiddu
50. The Princess and King Chicchereddu
51. The Clever Maiden
52. The Robber with a Witch's Head
53. The Clever Farmer's Daughter
54. The Count and his Sister
55. Clever Peppe
56. Maria, the Evil Stepmother, and the Seven Robbers
57. Bensurdatu
58. The Rooster Who Wanted to Become Pope
59. The Brave Prince
60. The Innkeeper's Beautiful Daughter
61. The Beautiful Maiden with the Seven Veils
62. The Merchant's Clever Youngest Daughter
63. Maruzzedda
64. Armaiinu
65. The Golden Lion
66. The Twelve Robbers
67. Three Good Pieces of Advice
68. Tobià and Tobiòla
69. Joseph the Just
70. The Two Brothers
71. The Seven Brothers with Magic Talents
72. The Pious Young Man Who Went to Rome
73. Sabedda and her Brother
74. The Clever Shoemaker
75. The Twins
76. Beautiful Innocenta
77. The Wicked Schoolmaster and the Wandering Princess
78. The Four Princesses
79. Zafarana
80. Peasant Truthful
81. About Joseph, Who Set Out to Seek his Fortune
82. The Wasteful Giovanninu
83. The Banished Queen and her Two Abandoned Children
84. The Pious Child
85. Katerina's Fate
86. Godfather Death
87. Beautiful Anna
88. The Dragon Slayer
89. Saint James of Galicia
90. The Hermit
91. The Prince's Two Children from Monteleone
92. The Clever Farmer
93. The Two Comrades
94. The Story of the Three Sisters
Notes
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Zipes is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. An acclaimed translator and scholar of children's literature and culture, his most recent books include Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller and Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama for Children, both published by Routledge.