The History of the Seven Wise Mistrisses of Rome (1663) as Children’s Literature: Textual History, Gender and Folktale Motifs

This article analyses The History of the Seven Wise Mistrisses of Rome, attributed to Thomas Howard, and traditionally underrated by literary critics and historians as a mere imitation of the Seven Sages, despite its enormous success. The early parts examine the literary and editorial relationship...

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Autor principal:	Tomás Monterrey
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Publicado:	Universidad de Valladolid 2021
Materias:	Restoration fiction The Seven Wise Mistresses of Rome gender folktales children's literature English language PE1-3729 English literature PR1-9680
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:49f4668886c6477abfcb8f9bed36d9e72021-11-11T12:48:24ZThe History of the Seven Wise Mistrisses of Rome (1663) as Children’s Literature: Textual History, Gender and Folktale Motifs10.24197/ersjes.42.2021.11-362531-16462531-1654https://doaj.org/article/49f4668886c6477abfcb8f9bed36d9e72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/4774https://doaj.org/toc/2531-1646https://doaj.org/toc/2531-1654 This article analyses The History of the Seven Wise Mistrisses of Rome, attributed to Thomas Howard, and traditionally underrated by literary critics and historians as a mere imitation of the Seven Sages, despite its enormous success. The early parts examine the literary and editorial relationship with its source text, and Howard’s prefatory “Epistle.” The latter parts concentrate on the frame story and the fifteen exemplary tales. Special attention is drawn to the gender/feminist issues in the original extension of the frame story, and to the folktale motifs displayed in this compilation, stylistically and thematically conceived to help children improve their reading competence. Tomás MonterreyUniversidad de ValladolidarticleRestoration fictionThe Seven Wise Mistresses of Romegenderfolktaleschildren's literatureEnglish languagePE1-3729English literaturePR1-9680ENES Review, Iss 42 (2021)
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description	This article analyses The History of the Seven Wise Mistrisses of Rome, attributed to Thomas Howard, and traditionally underrated by literary critics and historians as a mere imitation of the Seven Sages, despite its enormous success. The early parts examine the literary and editorial relationship with its source text, and Howard’s prefatory “Epistle.” The latter parts concentrate on the frame story and the fifteen exemplary tales. Special attention is drawn to the gender/feminist issues in the original extension of the frame story, and to the folktale motifs displayed in this compilation, stylistically and thematically conceived to help children improve their reading competence.
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The History of the Seven Wise Mistrisses of Rome (1663) as Children’s Literature: Textual History, Gender and Folktale Motifs

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