Giambattista Basile (–1632)

Dartmouth professor Nancy Canepa will lead participants in three discussions on Italian fairy tales from Baroque times to the post-war era. The session titles are "Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales: Fairy-Tale Baroque" (November 14); "Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio: An Italian Blockbuster ... (more)for a New Italy" (December 5); and "Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales: National and Regional Identities in Post-War Italy" (December 19). Readings will be available at Howe Library two weeks before each session. Participation in all three sessions and completion of the readings is encouraged, but not required.