A Translation of Giambattista Basile’s The Tale of Tales

Know about the book -

A Translation of Giambattista Basile’s The Tale of Tales is written by Christopher Stace and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1527526526 (ISBN 10) and 9781527526525 (ISBN 13).

Composed in the 1630s, Giambattista Basile’s The Tale of Tales, later known as the Pentameron, is a sophisticated, affectionate, often wicked parody of Boccaccio’s 14th century masterpiece, the Decameron, containing fifty tales within an intricate framing story. Importantly, among its stories are the earliest literary versions of famous fairy tales such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel. This is only the fourth translation of the complete text into English. With its scholarly introduction, notes, and up-to-date bibliography, it will appeal to anyone studying European literature or the fairy tale in general, its history and subsequent development, as well as anyone wishing to trace specific themes within the genre and their different treatments.