Giuseppe Pitrè Books

December 22, 1841 – April 10, 1916

Giuseppe Pitrè, a distinguished Italian folklorist and physician, significantly expanded the scope of folklore to encompass all facets of popular life and pioneered medical history studies. His scholarly pursuits delved into folk psychology and the scientific study of Italian popular culture, laying foundational groundwork for Italian ethnographic research. Pitrè meticulously compiled a vast collection of Sicilian oral traditions, preserving the island's rich folklore, which drew from diverse European and Middle Eastern influences. He championed the customs and common people of Sicily, and his scholarship in oral narrative traditions stands as a significant contribution, paralleling the impact of the Brothers Grimm.

Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales

Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales
304 pages
11 hours of reading
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Well, gentlemen, here's a tale that people have told time and again ...So begins the title story in this collection of fifty Sicilian folk and fairy tales edited and translated by noted folklore scholar Jack Zipes. But while some of the stories may sound as if they've been told time and again such as variations on Cinderella and Puss in Boots many will enchant English-language readers and storytellers for the first time
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Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales

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