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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. The Straparola Dilemma, or the Biography of an Invisible Author
II. The Genre, Design, and Conventions of Le piacevoli notti
III. Polite Society and the Gaming Culture of Renaissance Italy
IV. Folk Culture, Wonder Tales, and Fairy Tales
V. The Enigmas
VI. The Publishing History of Le piacevoli notti
VII. The Translation and Editorial Procedures
Appendices
I. A Provisional Table of ‘Genres’ and Provenances
II. Folk Tale Types According to the Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) Index
III. A Table of Burton’s Titles, the Narrators, and the Settings
IV. Straparola’s Illustrators
Illustrations
Bibliography
THE PLEASANT NIGHTS, VOLUME I
The Greetings from Orfeo dalla Carta
The First Night
I.1 The Disobedience of Salardo
I.2 Cassandrino the Master-Thief
I.3 How Scarpacifico Swindles the Swindlers
I.4 Doralice and Her Incestuous Father, Tebaldo
I.5 Polissena and the Priest
The Second Night
II.1 The Pig Prince
II.2 Filenio Sisterno’s Revenge upon the Three Ladies
II.3 Carlo da Rimini among the Pots and Pans
II.4 The Devil’s Marriage to Silvia Ballastro
II.5 The Beating of Simplicio de’ Rossi
The Third Night
III.1 Pietro the Fool and the Magic Fish
III.2 Livoretto and His Wonderful Horse
III.3 Biancabella, or the Damsel and the Snake
III.4 Fortunio, the King’s Daughter, and the Mermaid
III.5 Isotta and the Cowherd Travaglino
The Fourth Night
IV.1 Costanza, the Girl-Knight
IV.2 Erminione and Filenia, or the Jealous Husband Outwitted
IV.3 Dancing Water, Singing Apple, and the Truth-Speaking Bird
IV.4 The Physician’s Wife
IV.5 Flamminio in Seeking Death Discovers Life
The Fifth Night
V.1 Guerrino and the Wild Man of the Woods
V.2 Adamantina’s Astonishing Doll
V.3 The Three Hunchbacks
V.4 Tia Rabboso, or the Ruses of an Adulterous Wife
V.5 Madonna Modesta’s Shoes
Footnotes
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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