Cycles of Influence : Fiction, Folktale, Theory

Acknowledgments 9(2) Introduction 11(6) 1. TALES IN THEORY: The Role of the Folktale in the Development of Narratology 17(26) 2. THEORY IN TALES: Cycles, Levels, and Frames 43(24) 3. THE IDEA OF THE FOLKTALE IN ITALO CALVINO 67(48) Italian Folktales: Text and Contexts 71(13) First Idea: Tradition and Ideology 84(7) Second Idea: Singular Fantasies 91(10) Third Idea: A "Geometry of Story-Telling" 101(14) 4. NARRATIVE TURNS 115(52) John Barth, Author of the Arabian Nights 130(17) "Familiarity Breeds Consent": Robert Coover and the Fairy Tale 147(20) 5. CRAFTINESS AND CRUELTY: A Reading of the Fairy Tale and Its Place in Recent Feminist Fictions 167(80) "Curiosity ... Is Insubordination in Its Purest Form" 198(49) Conclusion 247(4) Notes 251(32) Bibliography 283(24) Index 307