 | Fairy-Tale Science: Monstrous Generation in the Tales of Straparola and Basile Subjects: Straparola Giovanni Francesco ca. 1480–1557? -- Criticism and interpretation; Basile Giambattista ca. 1575– 1632 -- Criticism and interpretation. Monsters -- Folklore; Fairy tales -- Italy -- History and criticism; Literature and science -- Italy -- H; A wide-ranging yet carefully crafted study, Fairy-Tale Science investigates the complex interplay between scientific discourse and an emerging literary genre, and expands our understanding of the early modern European imagination. Magnanini Suzanne : Suzanne Magnanini is an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
