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«El mundo de las fábulas es un mundo matinal. Casi en cada página, el Pentamerón está iluminado por un alba o por una aurora». Italo Calvino «Este libro es la primera gran recopilación europea de relatos populares. Una obra maestra que refleja una huella simbólica y real de los miedos, costumbres y tradiciones de un pasado que nunca deberíamos olvidar». Andrés Seoane, El Cultural Pocos lectores saben que algunas de las más hermosas fábulas del mundo, desde «Cenicienta» hasta «El gato con botas», antes de acabar en las páginas de Perrault y de los hermanos Grimm, donde todos las descubrimos de niños, fueron recogidas de las tradiciones orales por el italiano Giambattista Basile, quien las publicó a comienzos del siglo XVII en el dialecto barroco napolitano. El Pentamerón fue definido por el gran Benedetto Croce como «el más antiguo, el más rico y el más artístico de todos los libros de fábulas populares», y por Italo Calvino como «el sueño de un Shakespeare napolitano». Aún hoy, cuando la mayor parte de sus páginas forman parte de nuestra mitología íntima, este libro amable y brutal, tierno y plebeyo, sabio y popular, sigue siendo una obra maestra casi desconocida.

Stories from the pentamerone presents a vibrant tapestry of imaginative tales that blend wonder, moral reflection, and the unpredictable workings of fortune. The collection opens with a royal household troubled by lingering sorrow, using this moment to introduce a world where enchantment and consequence shape every path. Through encounters with magical beings, shifting destinies, and trials that test perseverance, the stories highlight how desires often lead individuals into unexpected challenges that reveal inner strength or hidden folly. Early scenes establish a journey sparked by an unexpected burst of laughter and a curse that sends a young figure into a realm shaped by fairies, enchanted tasks, and the hope of restoring joy. These beginnings set the tone for a sequence of adventures that intertwine humor, danger, and wonder, emphasizing the delicate balance between choice and fate. With its rich storytelling style and vivid imagery, the collection invites readers into a landscape where actions carry weight, dreams unfold unpredictably, and the search for happiness becomes a transformative quest.

Orchi, draghi, cavalli parlanti, principesse capricciose, bellissime fate: figure incantate che si muovono tra i paesaggi del Mediterraneo, in un'opera immortale, vero e proprio tesoro della tradizione letteraria italiana, tradotta dal dialetto napoletano da Elio Pecora.

Não inclui ilustrações. Todos nós tivemos contato com os contos de fadas pelos desenhos animados, livros ou contações de histórias. O curioso é que todas essas narrativas foram adaptadas sem muito compromisso com os contos originais, perdendo parte da tirania e sutileza naturais da época. Neste livro de colecionador, os melhores contos de fadas foram escolhidos de forma criteriosa, cujas histórias centenárias se enveredam por horizontes escuros e sombrios, onde não há censura ou limites. Seus finais nem sempre envolvem casamentos ou futuros felizes, nos quais a moral prevalece sobre os pecados. Nada mais será escondido ou censurado. A chave para conhecer os contos de fadas mais obscuros está em suas mãos. Você tem coragem de abrir esta porta?

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First published in two volumes in 1634 and 1636, "The Pentamerone", or "The Tale of Tales", by the Italian poet Giambattista Basile is acknowledged as one of the first collections of fairy tales. Basile's collection was written in the Neapolitan language, which is a Romance language spoken in parts of Southern Italy, and was published after his death under a pseudonym. Basile put these primarily oral stories into writing and many are the oldest known versions of these stories in existence. He preserved such tales such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Puss in Boots, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, and many more for posterity. This work did not receive the attention it deserved until it was cited by the Brothers Grimm in the third edition of their "Grimm's Fairy Tales" as the first national collection of fairy tales and this caused a significant increase in interest for "The Pentamerone". As a result, Basile's work was translated into German in 1846 and English for the first time in 1847 bringing the tales to a wider audience. This timeless collection of some of the world's most famous stories continues to delight and entertain audiences young and old. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the complete translation by Richard F. Burton.

Betta decide di prepararsi un marito con le proprie mani impastando zucchero, mandorle, muschio e acqua di rose. Ma non tutto andrà per il verso giusto, almeno all'inizio. La fiaba di "Pinto Smalto" è tratta da una delle principali raccolte del Seicento italiano, Lo cunto de li cunti di Giambattista Basile (1566-1632), fiabe scritte in napoletano che hanno avuto celebri imitatori come Perrault e Gozzi.

Ciommetiello si taglia un dito su una ricotta e fantastica di una donna di carnagione bianca e rossa. Riuscirà a trovarla viaggiando per il mondo? La fiaba "I tre cedri" è tratta da una delle principali raccolte del Seicento italiano, Lo cunto de li cunti di Giambattista Basile (1566-1632), fiabe scritte in napoletano che hanno avuto celebri imitatori come Perrault e Gozzi.

Era uma vez um conto de fadas recheado por outros 49 contos de fadas. Este é O conto dos contos, com que Giambattista Basile nos presenteou no início do século XVII. Escrito em napolitano para entretenimento da corte, O conto dos contos inspirou mestres da literatura como os irmãos Grimm e Charles Perrault, ou do desenho animado como Walt Disney. Nos cinquenta contos que compõem o Conto, ogros horrendos de bom coração, donzelas não muito castas, príncipes valentes e princesas mimadas, dragões malvados, rapazes tolos, mas audazes, animais falantes, belíssimas fadas, reis e rainhas, são elevados pela primeira vez à categoria de personagens da literatura, com seus encantamentos e magias. O Conto percorre o imaginário popular, sobretudo napolitano, mas também vai buscar na mitologia e na tradição de outros povos seus argumentos. Histórias que circulavam entre o povo miúdo e no mais das vezes eram contadas às crianças, são reelaboradas em chave irônica, quase iconoclasta, o que vale ao livro o subtítulo de o entretenimento dos pequeninos, "o que não queira dizer (como alguns, e entre estes Grimm, acreditaram, tomando ao pé da letra o título jocoso) que fosse composto para crianças. Era, ao contrário, composto para homens, para homens literatos, experientes e vividos, que sabiam entender e saborear coisas complicadas e engenhosas" (Benedetto Croce). Pela primeira vez se contou a história da moça obrigada pela madrasta a limpar a casa (A gata borralheira); do gato esperto que faz o dono enriquecer (O gato de botas); da menina presa numa torre que joga os cabelos para o namorado (Rapunzel); das duas crianças deixadas no bosque pelo pai a pedido da madrasta (João e Maria), e tantas outras memoráveis figuras encantadas que hoje fazem parte do nosso imaginário. São histórias engraçadas e assustadoras, românticas e terríveis, em que o autor não poupa os detalhes sórdidos, eróticos e escatológicos, embaladas pelas alegorias e metáforas intermináveis próprias do período barroco. Entrar no mundo mágico e exuberante criado por Basile é participar do maravilhoso e do atemporal, do fascínio de quase quatrocentos anos de literatura.

As one of the oldest known fairy tale collections ever, Stories from the Pentamerone influenced several famous storytellers, including the Brothers Grimm stories. Known in the Italian as Lo cunto de li cunti overo lo trattenemiento de peccerille (The Tale of Tales or Entertainment for Little Ones), its one of the most influential literature works in the fairy tale genre today.

The first unabridged English translation taken directly from Basile's monumental Lo cunto de li cunti (1634–1636), this edition is fully annotated and illustrated, with an extensive bibliography. The Tale of Tales, made up of forty-nine fairy tales within a fiftieth frame story, contains the earliest versions of celebrated stories like Rapunzel, All-Fur, Hansel and Gretel, The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. The tales are bawdy and irreverent but also tender and whimsical, acute in psychological characterization and encyclopedic in description. They are also evocative of marvelous worlds of fairy-tale unreality as well as of the everyday rituals of life in seventeenth-century Naples. Yet because the original is written in the nonstandard Neopolitan dialect of Italian—and was last translated fully into English in 1932—this important piece of Baroque literature has long been inaccessible to both the general public and most fairy-tale scholars. Giambattista Basile's "The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones" is a modern translation that preserves the distinctive character of Basile's original. Working directly from the original Neopolitan version, translator Nancy L. Canepa takes pains to maintain the idiosyncratic tone of The Tale of Tales as well as the work's unpredictable structure. This edition keeps the repetition, experimental syntax, and inventive metaphors of the original version intact, bringing Basile's words directly to twenty-first-century readers for the first time. This volume is also fully annotated, so as to elucidate any unfamiliar cultural references alongside the text. Giambattista Basile's "The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones" is also lushly illustrated and includes a foreword, an introduction, an illustrator's note, and a complete bibliography. The publication of The Tale of Tales marked not only a culmination of the interest in the popular culture and folk traditions of the Renaissance period but also the beginning of the era of the artful and sophisticated "authored" fairy tale that inspired and influenced later writers like Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Giambattista Basile's "The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones" offers an excellent point of departure for reflection about what constitutes Italian culture, as well as for discussion of the relevance that forms of early modern culture like fairy tales still hold for us today. This volume is vital reading for fairy-tale scholars and anyone interested in cultural history.

Ecrit en langue napolitaine, sous l'anagramme Gian Alesio Abbattutis, autour de 1625, et édité, posthume, en 1634-1636, Lo cunto de li cunti de Giambattista Basile n'a jamais fait l'objet d'une traduction intégrale en français. Il s'agit pourtant de l'une des productions majeures de la littérature européenne du XVIIe siècle. Il peut être considéré comme un recueil de contes pour enfants, ainsi que son sous-titre l'indique et l'on peut tenter de rechercher quelle inspiration les contes du Napolitain avaient pu fournir à Perrault ou à Grimm. D'autres critiques, comme Italo Calvino, hésitent à inclure Basile dans ce patrimoine, préférant souligner la richesse de l'invention métaphorique et le délire de l'imagination voyageant du " sublime au sordide ". Ainsi selon Calvino " le Conte des contes est le rêve d'un Shakespeare napolitain difforme, obsédé par tout ce qui est effroyable, n'ayant jamais son compte de sorcières et d'ogres, fasciné par les images alambiquées et grotesques, où la vulgarité se mêle au sublime ". Et sans doute ont-ils raison. Mercenaire à la solde de la Sérénissime République de Venise, académicien, courtisan au contact des centres culturels les plus prestigieux d'Italie, Venise d'abord, et Mantoue où sa sueur, la chanteuse Adriana Basile régnait en diva, poète dilettante et gouverneur de fiefs provinciaux aux environs de Naples, Basile est un " aventurier de la plume ". Le Conte des contes n'est pas seulement un conte (celui de la princesse Zoza, que Lucia, l'esclave mauresque aux jambes de sauterelle, dépossède du prince qu'elle a ressuscité par ses pleurs) qui engendre d'autres contes (ceux que les femmes racontent à Lucia à qui Zoza a donné l'envie irrépressible d'entendre des histoires), c'est un monument narratif qui orne et enrichit les structures élémentaires du merveilleux d'une expérience d'artiste et d'homme. Partant de la structure traditionnelle des nouvellistes antérieurs (ici cinq journées au cours desquelles dix femmes difformes racontent des histoires à une petite cour magique dont la princesse est sur le point d'accoucher), il la transgresse, par le merveilleux, par la langue napolitaine qu'il enregistre et magnifie, par la parodie et la destruction du récit-cadre traditionnel, par l'auto-dérision enfin.

During the seventeenth century, the collection of ancient Italian fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone was first set down and published in Naples. Used as a source for the Brothers Grimm, among others, it includes the earliest printed accounts of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and other favorites.

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