Italian Folktales in America: The Verbal Art of an Immigrant Woman

by Elizabeth Mathias and Richard Raspa

Book Overview

A collection that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) m rchen (Italian folktales) to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions.

In 1941, while studying folklore at Wayne University with Professor Emelyn Gardner, Bruna Todesco collected from her mother, Clementina, the twenty-two m rchen and legends presented in this book. Bruna, her mother, and her father, John, immigrated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814321224
• ISBN13: 9780814321225
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"