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Giovanni Francesco (or Gianfrancesco) Straparola (c. 1480-c. 1557) was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe. Charles Perrault borrowed most of his stories from Giovanni Francesco Straparola and Giambattista Basile. While his given name is likely to have been "Giovanni Francesco", the last name of "Straparola" is not plausible. It is not typical of a family name of that time and place, and the literal meaning of it, "babbler", seems a likely nickname for a writer. Straparola's main work is the collection Le Piacevoli Potti (published in English as The Nights of Straparola or The Facetious Nights of Straparola). It was first published in Italy between 1550-53. Modelled on Il Decamerone, it has participants of a 13-night party in the island of Murano, near Venice, tell each other stories that vary from bawdy to fantastic. It contains the first known written versions of many fairy tales.
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- Published on: 1909
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Ian Myles Slater on: Sixteenth-Century Entertainments
By Ian M. Slater
This translation of a mid-sixteenth-century Italian work, "Piacevoli Notti," as "Facetious Nights," was published as a four-volume set, the dates of which I have seen given variously as 1901-1902 and 1908-1909. The copy I have is undated, and I don't know if either is correct, or an extended publication of different volumes. The title has been rendered in various ways, including "Pleasant Nights," and alludes to a story-telling competition held over a series of evenings to celebrate Carnival, on the obvious model of the already-classic "Decameron" of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1350), in which well-born Italians while away the time, although in that case they were waiting for the Black Death to abate.
The English rendering by W.G. Waters (William George Waters, 1844-1928) is readable, although in my opinion a bit wooden. A slightly older version, by no less than the flamboyant Sir Richard Francis Burton, turned the author's once up-to-date Italian into archaic-sounding English for no apparent reason or literary gain. (Burton's approach seems to have worked better with a later Italian story-cycle writer, Basile, discussed below; although N.M. Penzer's rival translation is considered more precise, it is also accused of "ennobling" the racy prose style.)
The author is identified in some reference works as Giovan Francisco Straparola (ca. 1480-1558), with various spellings, and nothing very certain is known about him. He may have been born in the village of Caravaggio, near Bergamo in the territory of Milan, and "Straparola" may be nickname indicating a wordy style. He seems to have spent his adult life in Venice.
Given this uncertainty about the author, it is mildly ironic that the Amazon listings so far do not give enough information to determine just which volumes of the four are being offered by dealers, so correspondence may be necessary to assemble a complete set, without unwanted duplicates.
Those who are curious about the illustrations and stories may wish to check an html version of this edition (search for Straparola and Garnier). This now includes Waters' "Terminal Essay," and should eventually extend to the Notes in which Waters catalogued Straparola's sources and parallels, and later uses of his stories.
There are also translations under slightly different titles, such as "Merry Nights" and "Most Delectable Nights," which seem from the lengths given to be abridged editions, but, not having seen them, I can't tell if this is the case, and whether or not they are different translations, or the same on under variant titles.
According to the description in the translation, which appears to be drawn from the original: "'The Facetious Nights of Giovanni Francesco Straparola' consists of an Exquisite and Delightful Collection of Humorous, Witty and Mirthful Conversations, Fables and Enigmas Including Singing, Music and Dancing During the Thirteen Nights of the Carnival at Venice as Related by Ten Charming and Accomplished Damsels and Several Nobles, Men of Learning, Illustrious and Honorable Gentlemen of Note at the Entertainments of Merriment and Pleasure Given by the Princess Lucretia at Her Beautiful Palace at Murano."
We are further informed concerning the printing history: First edition of the first part, Venice, 1550. First edition of the second part, Venice, 1553. Dedication, dated September 1, 1553, at Venice, from edition of 1555.
My description, based on the title page and physical examination of the volumes of the "Society of Bibliophiles" edition is:
"The Facetious Nights of Straparola." Now First Translated into English by W.G. Waters. Choicely illustrated by Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes, A.R.W.S. The Italian Novelists, Volumes One to Four. Privately printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, London, n.d. In Four Volumes. Hardcover.
Volume One. Dedication. A Foreword. Proem. Translation of Night the First to Night the Third. Eight plates (including Frontispiece). Table of Contents. xii + 399 pages.
Volume Two. Translation of Night the Fourth to Night the Sixth. Six plates. Table of Contents. [iv] + 373 pages.
Volume Three. Translation of Night the Seventh to Night the Tenth. Seven plates. Table of Contents. [iv] + 401 pages.
Volume Four. Translation of Night the Eleventh to Night the Thirteenth. Four plates. Terminal Essay. Notes. Table of Contents. [iv] + 316 pages.
The "Italian Novelists" series also included a three-volume translation by Waters of "The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni" (1558) by Giovanni Fiorentino (dates uncertain). I am uncertain if there were any other publications by the "Society of Bibliophiles," but this appears to have been the whole of "The Italian Novelists" it published.
Although it is not all that well known in English, three stories from the Straparola collection were incorporated in Painter's "Palace of Pleasure," a major Elizabethan compilation, often regarded as a source for Shakespeare. However, although "Facetious Nights" contains a number of entertaining tales, Straparola's stories are, in general, regarded as possibly closer to Italian oral sources than his more highly literary models. Recent literature on his work seems to be concerned mainly with his role as a precursor to the literary fairy tales of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Not surprisingly, the collection may be most famous today for an early literary version of "Puss in Boots," which *may* give a glimpse of its pre-literary form.
Warning for the Fairy-Tale-Impaired: giveaway titles ahead!
The Eleventh Night, First Fable: "Soriana dies and leaves three sons, Dusolina, Tesifone, and Contantino. The last-named, by the aid of his cat, gains the lordship of a powerful kingdom." Note that the parent is the mother, not the father, and that the cat does not wear boots, which were added by Charles Perrault, in "Le Maitre Chat ou le Chat Botte," (1697).
Straparola's version had previously been adapted, with a new ending, by Giambattista Basile [1575-1632), in "The Story of Stories" (1634) better known as "Il Pentamerone" (edition of 1674), as "Gagliuso's Story," Fourth Diversion of the Second Day: "Gagliuso, having been abandoned by his father, by a cat's industry becometh rich; but showing himself insensible thereof, is reproached with his ingratitude." (From the Richard Francis Burton translation, as "Il Pentamerone: or The Tale of Tales.") This may or may not represent independent oral sources as well.
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Ian Myles Slater on: Story-telling Revisited
By Ian M. Slater
This translation of a mid-sixteenth-century Italian work, "Piacevoli Notti," as "Facetious Nights," was published as a four-volume set, the dates of which I have seen given variously as 1901-1902 and 1908-1909. The copy I have is undated, and I don't know if either is correct, or an extended publication of different volumes. The title has been rendered in various ways, including "Pleasant Nights," and alludes to a story-telling competition held over a series of evenings, on the obvious model of the already-classic "Decameron" of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1350).
The English rendering by W.G. Waters (William George Waters, 1844-1928) is readable, although in my opinion a bit wooden. (A slightly older version, by no less than the flamboyant Sir Richard Francis Burton, turned the author's once up-to-date Italian into archaic-sounding English for no apparent reason or literary gain. Burton's approach seems to have worked better with a later Italian story-cycle writer, Basile, whose Italian was not standard; although N.M. Penzer's rival translation is considered more precise, it is also accused of "ennobling" the prose style.")
The author is identified in some reference works as Giovan Francisco Straparola (ca. 1480-1558), with various spellings, and nothing very certain is known about him. He may have been born in the village of Caravaggio, near Bergamo in the territory of Milan, and "Straparola" may be nickname indicating a wordy style. He seems to have spent his adult life in Venice.
Given this uncertainty about the author, it is mildly ironic that the Amazon listings so far do not give enough information to determine just which volumes of the four are being offered by dealers, so correspondence may be necessary to assemble a complete set, without unwanted duplicates.
Those who are curious about the illustrations and stories may wish to check an html version of this edition (search for Straparola and Garnier). This now includes Waters' "Terminal Essay," and should eventually extend to the Notes in which Waters catalogued Straparola's sources and parallels, and later uses of his stories. Those interested in a selection together with related tales from collections through the Grimms, and not intimidated by a thick (991 pages) volume, should take a look at the fairly recent (2001) "The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm" a Norton Critical Edition, edited by Jack Zipes.
There are also translations under slightly different titles, such as "Merry Nights" and "Most Delectable Nights," which seem from the lengths given to be abridged editions, but, not having seen them, I can't tell if this is the case, and whether or not they are different translations, or the same on under variant titles.
According to the description in the translation, which appears to be drawn from the original: "'The Facetious Nights of Giovanni Francesco Straparola' consists of an Exquisite and Delightful Collection of Humorous, Witty and Mirthful Conversations, Fables and Enigmas Including Singing, Music and Dancing During the Thirteen Nights of the Carnival at Venice as Related by Ten Charming and Accomplished Damsels and Several Nobles, Men of Learning, Illustrious and Honorable Gentlemen of Note at the Entertainments of Merriment and Pleasure Given by the Princess Lucretia at Her Beautiful Palace at Murano."
We are further informed concerning the printing history: First edition of the first part, Venice, 1550; First edition of the second part, Venice, 1553; Dedication, dated September 1, 1553, at Venice, from edition of 1555.
My description, based on the title page and physical examination of the volumes of the "Society of Bibliophiles" edition is:
"The Facetious Nights of Straparola." Now First Translated into English by W.G. Waters. Choicely illustrated by Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes, A.R.W.S. The Italian Novelists, Volumes One to Four. Privately printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, London, n.d. In Four Volumes. Hardcover.
Volume One. Dedication. A Foreword. Proem. Translation of Night the First to Night the Third. Eight plates (including Frontispiece). Table of Contents. xii + 399 pages.
Volume Two. Translation of Night the Fourth to Night the Sixth. Six plates. Table of Contents. [iv] + 373 pages.
Volume Three. Translation of Night the Seventh to Night the Tenth. Seven plates. Table of Contents. [iv] + 401 pages.
Volume Four. Translation of Night the Eleventh to Night the Thirteenth. Four plates. Terminal Essay. Notes. Table of Contents. [iv] + 316 pages.
The "Italian Novelists" series also included a three-volume translation by Waters of "The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni" (1558) by Giovanni Fiorentino (dates uncertain). I am uncertain if there were any other publications by the "Society of Bibliophiles," but this appears to have been the whole of "The Italian Novelists" it published.
Although it is not all that well known in English, three stories from the Straparola collection were incorporated in Painter's "Palace of Pleasure," a major Elizabethan compilation, often regarded as a source for Shakespeare. However, although "Facetious Nights" contains a number of entertaining tales, Straparola's stories are, in general, regarded as possibly closer to Italian oral sources than his more highly literary models. Recent literature on his work seems to be concerned mainly with his role as a precursor to the literary fairy tales of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Not surprisingly, the collection may be most famous today for an early literary version of "Puss in Boots," which *may* give a glimpse of its pre-literary form, although many less famous stories also appear (as Zipes will amply demonstrate for those not satisfied with Waters' lists of titles).
Warning for the Fairy-Tale-Impaired: giveaway titles ahead!
The Eleventh Night, First Fable: "Soriana dies and leaves three sons, Dusolina, Tesifone, and Contantino. The last-named, by the aid of his cat, gains the lordship of a powerful kingdom." Note that the parent is the mother, not the father, and that the cat does not wear boots, which were added by Charles Perrault, in "Le Maitre Chat ou le Chat Botte," (1697). (Unless the credit should be given, as on the original title page, to Pierre Perrault, Charles' son, who was seventeen or eighteen at the time, not seven, as a persistent academic myth maintains. See, for this issue, and for other borrowings from Italian source (or as a brief alternative to Zipes), "The Complete Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose: A Dual-Language Book" by Charles Perrault, edited and translated by Stanley Appelbaum.)
Straparola's version had previously been adapted, with a new (and unfamiliar) ending, by Giambattista Basile [1575-1632), in "The Story of Stories" (1634) better known as "Il Pentamerone" (edition of 1674), as "Gagliuso's Story," Fourth Diversion of the Second Day: "Gagliuso, having been abandoned by his father, by a cat's industry becometh rich; but showing himself insensible thereof, is reproached with his ingratitude." (From the Richard Francis Burton translation, as "Il Pentamerone: or The Tale of Tales," 1893. Stories and illustrations from an 1847 English translation also can be found on line.) This may or may not represent independent oral sources as well.
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A great read.
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Giovanni Straparola was a geneious. This book intrigued me greatly, also because the writer graced his work with all the Italian romanticism one imagines would have been present during the Renaissance. It placed me right in the midst of that era. A great read.
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