Straparola, Giovanni Francesco
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...was perhaps the first to use popular folklore as a basis for fiction. His Piacevoli notti (2 vol., 1550 55; tr. Nights of...folk stories as Beauty and the Beast with ridiculous tales, supernatural narratives, and topical jokes, all recounted in a pointed...