Nancy L. Canepa is associate professor of French and Italian at Dartmouth College.
With stories marked by vertiginous fantasy, spirited wit, and
baroque excess, Basile redefined the fairy tale for European
audiences. Nancy Canepa's splendid new translation captures all the
narrative energy and stylistic élan of The Tale of Tales and
ensures that this collection will finally receive the attention it
deserves.'– Maria Tatar, John L. Loeb, Professor of Germanic
Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and author of The
Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales and Off With Their Heads!
'Canepa's edition, with its newly-commissioned pen-and-ink
illustrations, seems to be aimed at general readers. Basile's Tale
of Tales constitutes a crossroads in this landscape, and Canepa has
provided a valuable service by making it available again in
English.'– Journal of Folklore Research
'Reading The Tale of Tales, Giambattisa Basile's 17th-century book
of fairy stories, is both exhilarating and exhausting. If that
sounds like a warning, it is. If that sounds like a promise, well,
good news.'– Genevieve Valentine, NPR Books
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