| Pop Goes the Weasel: Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes Contributor(s): Jack, Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0399535551 ISBN-13: 9780399535550 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: From the international bestselling author of "Red Herrings and White Elephants"aa curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes. Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isnat about the plague, then what is it really about? This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired themafrom Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.809 |
| LCCN: 2009025233 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.28" W x 8.18" (0.48 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes. Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then what is it really about? This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them--from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom. Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog. |