| Folktales of England Contributor(s): Briggs, Katharine M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226074943 ISBN-13: 9780226074948 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1968 Annotation: 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 " |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 398 |
| LCCN: 65018341 |
| Series: Folktales of the World (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.19" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |