Italian folktales in America : the verbal art of an immigrant woman /
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| Author / Creator: | Mathias, Elizabeth. |
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| Imprint: | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1988, ©1985. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168402 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Roger D. Abrahams
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Background
- Map of Northern Italy
- Introduction
- Context and History
- The Storyteller in Italy
- The Storyteller in America
- Part II Photographs
- Family Album
- Informants from Faller, Italy
- The Village of Faller
- Part III Tales
- Marchen
- 1. Barbarina and the Black Snake
- 2. The Cats under the Sea
- 3. The Cherry Tree and the Pumpkin Vine
- 4. The Devil Gets Tricked
- 5. The Ducks That Talked.
- 6. The Forty-One Robbers
- 7. The Gourd of Blood
- 8. Margherita
- 9. The Old Magician Sabino
- 10. The Stone of Gold
- 11. The Story of Little Peter
- 12. The Three Brothers and the Fig Tree
- 13. The Twelve Doves on the Mountain of the Sun
- Legends and Religious Tales
- 14. The Bloodred Evil Elf
- 15. The Dark Men
- 16. The Good Priest and the Rich Stranger
- 17. The Monk and His Cloak
- 18. The Monk and the Mason
- 19. The Old Man Who Couldn't Die
- 20. Saint Peter Gets His Way
- 21. The Story of the Black Sheep.
- 22. The Old Man and the Rosary
- Narratives of Personal Experience
- Work in Italy
- Patrizio
- Social Behavior
- Illness, Death, and Miracles
- Stepmothers
- World War I
- Immigration to America
- Tale-Telling in America
- Religion, Love, and Children
- Bruna's Difficulties in America
- Notes to the Text
- Annotations to the Tales
- Bibliography
- Index of Motifs
- Index of Tale Types
- Backcover.