Italian Popular Tales

Forgotten for over a century, this nineteenth-century collection of narratives is re-introduced to the reading public by Jack Zipes, Professor of German and director of the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Minnesota. This edition provides insightful commentary by Jack Zipes on Crane as a folklorist and his collection methods, as well as discussion of historical and modern folklore research and the relevance of these tales in today's world. It also includes Crane's own critical analyses of the stories and their cultural context.