Giuseppe Pitre, a nineteenth-century Sicilian physician, gathered
an enormous wealth of folk and fairy tales as he traveled and
treated the poor throughout Palermo. He also received tales from
friends and scholars throughout the island of Sicily. A dedicated
folklorist, whose significance ranks alongside the Brothers Grimm,
he published a 25-volume collection of Sicilian folk tales,
legends, songs, and customs between 1871 and 1914. Though first
published in their original Sicilian dialect, these tales have
never before been translated, collected, and published in English
until now.
This historic two-volume set collects 300 and 100 variants of
his most entertaining and most important folk and fairy tales,
along with lively, vivid illustrations by Carmelo Lettere. In stark
contrast to the more literary ambitions of the Grimms' tales,
Pitre's possess a charming, earthy quality that reflect the
customs, beliefs, and superstitions of the common people more
clearly than any other European folklore collection of the
nineteenth century.
Edited, translated, and with a critical introduction by
world-renowned folk and fairy tale experts Jack Zipes and Joseph
Russo, this collection will firmly establish Pitre's importance as
a folklorist.
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