Folktales Of England
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Folktales of the World (Paperb
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.09.1968
Herausgeber
Katharine M. BriggsVerlag
University PressesSeitenzahl
208
Maße (L/B/H)
20.3/13.2/1.1 cm
Gewicht
288 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-226-07494-8
If wonder tales are not abundant in England, other kinds of folktales thrive: local traditions, historical legends, humorous anecdotes. Many of the favorite tales which English-speaking peoples carry with them from childhood come from a long tradition--stories as familiar to Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Spenser, and their many contemporaries as they are to us.
"This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . ."--"Times Educational Supplement"
." . . should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories."--"Choice"
"This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man's attempts to comprehend his world."--"Quartet"
""Folktales of England "is by all odds the most satisfactory general collection of folktales to come out of England since the advent of modern collection and classification techniques."--Ernest W. Baughman, "Journal of American Folklore"
"This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . ."--"Times Educational Supplement"
." . . should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories."--"Choice"
"This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man's attempts to comprehend his world."--"Quartet"
""Folktales of England "is by all odds the most satisfactory general collection of folktales to come out of England since the advent of modern collection and classification techniques."--Ernest W. Baughman, "Journal of American Folklore"
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