| Description |
1 online resource (x, 377 pages) |
| Contents |
The taming of the shrew. Taming of the shrew. The most obedient wife / Svend Grundtvig ; How a bad daughter was made a good wife / Angus MacLellan -- Lord for a day. The frolicksome duke : or the tinker's good fortune / anonymous ballad ; Asleep and awake / from The thousand and one nights -- The wicked queen reformed by whipping by a cobbler. The queen and the tripe-seller / Rachel Henriette Busk -- The comedy of errors. The twins or blood-brothers. The enchanted doe / Giambattista Basile ; The story of the two golden brothers / D.L.R. and E.O. Lorimer ; Black Jack and White Jack / Roger D. Abrahams -- Titus Andronicus. The revenge of the castrated man. Revenge / Mas'udi ; The scene of sorrows / Gerald of Wales ; The lady and the blackamoor / anonymous ballad -- The maiden without hands. The maiden without hands / Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm ; The cruel stepmother / Peter Buchan ; The envious sisters / W. Henry Jones and Lewis L. Kropf ; Olive / Italo Calvino ; The armless maiden / Aleksandr Afanas'ev -- The merchant of Venice. A pound of flesh. The creditor / Johannes de Alta Silva ; White onion / Yolando Pino-Saavedra ; The cruel creditor / Dov Noy ; Fareed and the kázi -- Three caskets. The maid in the century underground / Patrick Kennedy -- All's well that ends well. The man who deserted his wife. Ortodosio, Isabella, Argentina / Giovanni Francesco Straparola ; Catherine the Wise / Italo Calvino ; The sultan's camp follower / Inea Bushnaq ; The talisman of chastity / Saṅgēndi Mahāliṅgam Naṭeṣa Ṣāstrī -- King Lear. Love like salt. Cap o' rushes / Joseph Jacobs ; The turkey-girl / Jean-François Bladé ; Marie, the king's daughter / Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Ortoli ; The gift of God / Naki Tezel ; The goose girl at the spring / Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm -- Cymbeline. The wager on the wife's chastity. The wager on the wife's chastity / Yolando Pino-Saavedra ; The innkeeper of Moscow / Kurt Ranke ; Wormwood / Italo Calvino ; The Lady O'Conor / J.M. Synge -- Snow White. Blanca Rosa and the forty thieves / Yolando Pino-Saavedra ; The glass coffin / Violet Paget ; Lasari Gheug, the King of Ireland's daughter / Alan Bruford -- The maiden who seeks her brothers. The twelve wild ducks / Peter Christian Asbjørnson and Jørgen Moe -- The tempest. The magic flight. Nix nought nothing / Joseph Jacobs ; Green sleeves / Peter Buchan ; The two kings' children / Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm ; Jack beats the devil / Zora Neale Hurston ; The bee and the orange tree / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy |
| Summary |
"An international collection of the traditional tales that inspired some of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Shakespeare knew a good story when he heard one, and he wasn't afraid to borrow from what he heard or read, especially traditional folktales. The Merchant of Venice, for example, draws from "A Pound of Flesh," while King Lear begins in the same way as "Love Like Salt," with a king asking his three daughters how much they love him, then banishing the youngest when her cryptic reply displeases him. This unique anthology presents more than forty versions of folktales related to eight Shakespeare plays: The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, All's Well That Ends Well, King Lear, Cymbeline, and The Tempest. These fascinating and diverse tales come from Europe, the Middle East, India, the Caribbean, and South America, and include stories by Gerald of Wales, Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Giambattista Basile, J. M. Synge, Zora Neale Hurston, Italo Calvino, and many more. Organized by play, each chapter includes a brief introduction discussing the intriguing connections between the play and the gathered folktales. Shakespeare and the Folktale can be read for the pure pleasure these lively tales give as much as for the insight into Shakespeare's plays they provide."--provided by publisher |
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Armless Maiden |
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Asleep Awake |
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Bad Daughter Good Wife |
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Bee Orange Tree |
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Black Jack White Jack |
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Blanca Rosa |
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Cap Rushes |
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Castrated Man |
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Catherine Wise |
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Cruel Stepmother |
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Enchanted Doe |
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Envious Sisters |
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Fareed Kazi |
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Frolicsome Duke |
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Glass Coffin |
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Green Sleeves |
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Innkeeper Moscow |
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Jack Beats Devil |
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Lady Blackamoor |
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Lasair Gheug |
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Lord Day |
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Magic Flight |
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Maiden Hands |
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Man Deserted |
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Nix Nought Nothing |
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Obedient Wife |
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Olive |
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Snow White |
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Three Caskets |
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Tinker's Good Fortune |
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Two Kings' Children |
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White Onion |
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fairy tales |
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retold |
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versions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-367) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Themes, motives
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Literary collections.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Tales -- Influence
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Folklore -- Influence
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- General.
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Folklore -- Influence
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Themes, motives
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| Genre/Form |
Literary collections
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Artese, Charlotte, 1973- editor.
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| LC no. |
2023701432 |
| ISBN |
9780691197920 |
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069119792X |
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