Italian Folktales in America: The Verbal Art of an Immigrant Woman
- ISBN-10
- 0814338364
- ISBN-13
- 9780814338360
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988-10-01
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Authors
- Elizabeth Mathias, Richard Raspa
Description
A collection that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) märchen (Italian folktales) to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions.
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