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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xvii
6. 1 The World by the Fireplace 1
7. 2 Fairy Tales for the Young and the Old "Oh, Listen to Me, Now. Once upon a Time . . ." 29
8. 3 Bedtime and Children's Folklore "The Angel by the Bedside" 73
9. 4 Courting in the Evening "If You Want to Woo, Bring Along a Chair" 105
10. 5 The End of the Veglia The Right to Ask and the Obligation to Refuse" 145
11. 6 The Veglia Dance "Dance Too, Adonis, Since Everyone Is Dancing" 171
12. 7 The Outcasts' Counter- Veglia "Women, the Tavern, the Dice" 205
13. 8 Conclusions 247
14. Appendix of Italian Texts 265
15. Notes 311
16. Selected Bibliography 363
17. Index 373