Fairy tales from before fairy tales : the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies /
Jan M. Ziolkowski.
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.
- xii, 500 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445 - 479) and indexes.
Folktales in medieval Latin poetry -- Between sacred legend and folktale : a whale of a story about a tenth-century fisherman -- A cautionary tale : Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s -- True lies and the growth of wonder : an eleventh-century "Little Claus and Great Claus" -- The wonder of the Turnip tale (ca. 1200) -- The reorientation of the Donkey tale (ca. 1200) -- Conclusion : sadly never after.