Jack Zipes, Laura Gonzenbach

The Robber with a Witch's Head

More Stories from the Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach
Herausgeber: Zipes, Jack

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Produktbeschreibung

The Robber with the Witch's Head presents almost fifty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, this is a storyteller's dream, full of adventure and magic, translated by Jack Zipes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781138864528
• ISBN-10: 1138864528
• Artikelnr.: 42834256

Autorenporträt

Laura Gonzenbach was born in Sicily to Swiss-German parents. Her collection of Sicilian fairy and folk tales was first published in 1870 in German. An Italian edition appeared in 2000. Jack Zipes, one of the world's experts on fairy tales and folklore, is the acclaimed translator of the Complete Fairy Tales of the BrothersGrimm (Bantam), editor of the Oxford Companion to FairyTales, and the author of more than a dozen books on children's literature and culture, including Don't Bet onthe Prince, Sticks and Stones, and Creative Storytelling, all published by Routledge. He is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

LAURA GONZENBACH'S BURIED TREASURE A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. THE CLEVER MAIDEN 2. THE ROBBER WITH A WITCH'S HEAD 3.
THE CLEVER FARMER'S DAUGHTER 4. THE COUNT AND HIS SISTER 5. CLEVER PEPPE 6.
MARIA, THE EVIL STEPMOTHER, AND THE SEVEN ROBBERS 7. BENSURDATU 8. THE
ROOSTER WHO WANTED TO BECOME POPE 9. THE BRAVE PRINCE 10. THE INNKEEPER'S
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER 11. THE BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN WITH THE SEVEN VEILS 12. THE
MERCHANT'S CLEVER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER 13. MARUZZEDDA 14. ARMAIINU 15. THE
GOLDEN LION 16. THE TWELVE ROBBERS 17. THREE GOOD PIECES OF ADVICE 18.
TOBIÀ AND TOBIÒLA 19. JOSEPH THE JUST 20. THE TWO BROTHERS 21. THE SEVEN
BROTHERS WITH MAGIC TALENTS 22. THE PIOUS YOUNG MAN WHO WENT TO ROME 23.
SABEDDA AND HER BROTHER 24.THE CLEVER SHOEMAKER 25. THE TWINS 26. BEAUTIFUL
INNOCENTA 27. THE WICKED SCHOOLMASTER AND THE WANDERING PRINCESS 28. THE
FOUR PRINCESSES 29. ZAFARANA 30. PEASANT TRUTHFUL 31. ABOUT JOSEPH, WHO SET
OUT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE 32. THE WASTEFUL GIOVANNINU 33. THE BANISHED QUEEN
AND HER TWO ABANDONED CHILDREN 34. THE PIOUS CHILD 35. KATERINA'S FATE 36.
GODFATHER DEATH 37. BEAUTIFUL ANNA 38. THE DRAGON SLAYER 39. SAINT JAMES OF
GALICIA 40. THE HERMIT 41. THE PRINCE'S TWO CHILDREN FROM MONTELEONE 42.
THE CLEVER FARMER