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German “Decency” versus Basile’s Indecency: was Basile the First Collector of Folk Tales or the First Author of Literary Fairy Tales? German “Decency” versus Basile’s Indecency: was Basile the First Collector of Folk Tales or the First Author of Literary Fairy Tales?
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The Problem of Basile’s Four Poems in the Tale of Tales The Problem of Basile’s Four Poems in the Tale of Tales
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Myrtle or Blueberry Bush Myrtle or Blueberry Bush
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For Clemens Brentano, the Fairy is the Voice of Wisdom For Clemens Brentano, the Fairy is the Voice of Wisdom
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Dreaming a Conception Dreaming a Conception
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The Wedding of a Melancholy Prince and a Plant The Wedding of a Melancholy Prince and a Plant
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An ‘Oral’ Myrtle versus a ‘Literary’ Myrtle An ‘Oral’ Myrtle versus a ‘Literary’ Myrtle
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Fingers, Hairs, and Other Relics: Brentano and the Mystic Anna Katharina Emmerick Fingers, Hairs, and Other Relics: Brentano and the Mystic Anna Katharina Emmerick
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The Purgatory of the Myrtle-Maiden The Purgatory of the Myrtle-Maiden
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The Myrtle Plant Becomes a Myrtle Forest The Myrtle Plant Becomes a Myrtle Forest
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Five The Fairy, the Myrtle, and the Myrtle-Maiden: From Basile to the Grimms and Brentano
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Published:July 2015
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Abstract
This is a central chapter in my book. It examines how the Brothers Grimm and Clemens Brentano, three main figures of German Romanticism, interprets Basile’s The Tale of Tales and in particular the tale “The Myrtle.” For the Brothers Grimm Basile was the first collector of oral tales, whereas for Brentano he was the first writer of literary fairy tales. The chapter analyses first the Grimms’ and then Brentano’s retelling of this Italian tale. The Grimms’ version slightly modifies the tale to moralize it and present a more passive role of its female figure. The Brentano version introduces religious undertones and deeply transforms the overall meaning of the tale.
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