Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition
by
Ruth B. Bottigheimer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In the classic rags-to-riches fairy tale a penniless heroine (or hero), with some magic help, marries a royal prince (or princess) and rises to wealth. Received opinion has long been that stories like these originated among peasants, who passed them along by word of mouth from one place to another...