Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic - From Ancient Egypt to the Italian Renaissance

"This book details magic's generally maleficent effect on human beings from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. Bottigheimer shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales. Scores of forgotten or little known tales are re-told, allowing readers to form their own conclusions along with the author's analyses. "--

List of contents

1. Tales, Magic, and Fairy Tales 2. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Magic Tales 3. Jewish Magic Tales 4. Magic Tales in Medieval Christian Europe 5. Magic Tales in the Muslim Middle Ages 6. Magic at Court and on the Piazza 7. Problematics of Magic on the Threshold of Fairy Tale Magic 8. The Evolution of Fairy Tale Magic from Straparola and Basile to Perrault 9. Afterword

Report

"Thought provoking and wide ranging, Bottigheimer's volume should be of significant interest for a variety of different disciplines, from literary studies to history of ideas. ... This is an interesting and serious volume that deserves our attention and respect ... ." (Armando Maggi, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 68 (4), 2015)

Product details

• Authors: R Bottigheimer, R. Bottigheimer, Ruth Bottigheimer, Ruth B. Bottigheimer
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2014
• EAN: 9781137380876
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38087-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic; Palgrave Historical Studies in; Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic; Palgrave Historical Studies in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Antike, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, B, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Cultural History, Europe, Social History, Europäische Geschichte: Mittelalter, Social & cultural history, world history, Censorship, General & world history, History of Religion, Judaism, Ancient History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Religion—History, History, Ancient, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Middle Ages, History of Ancient Europe, Catholic Reformation