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Author : John Alden Mason
Release : 1912*
Genre : Fairy tales
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Book Synopsis Four Mexican-Spanish Fairy-tales from Azqueltán, Jalisco by : John Alden Mason
Download or read book Four Mexican-Spanish Fairy-tales from Azqueltán, Jalisco written by John Alden Mason. This book was released on 1912*. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas A. Green
Release : 2008-02-28
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 034/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Greenwood Library of World Folktales [4 volumes] by : Thomas A. Green
Download or read book The Greenwood Library of World Folktales [4 volumes] written by Thomas A. Green. This book was released on 2008-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Amazon to the Arctic, the world is teeming with diverse cultures. There's no better way for students to explore the world's cultural diversity than through its folktales. Presenting tales from the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, daily life, and popular culture, The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections gathers together a vast array of folktales and arranges them according to region or cultural group, thus allowing students to quickly and conveniently learn about the tales of particular cultures. Some of these stories have been told for centuries, while others have emerged only in recent times. The four-volume set includes introductory essays in addition to explanatory headnotes, and provides bibliographies on particular regions as well as a selected, general bibliography. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this set gives students and general readers a guided tour of the world's folktales. Each volume of the set is devoted to a particular broad geographic region: Volume 1: Africa, The Middle East, Australia and Oceania Volume 2: Asia Volume 3: Europe Volume 4: North and South America Accessible, informative, and entertaining, this book will help literature students learn how to analyze texts and understand the traditions at the heart of many of the world's literary masterpieces. It will also help social studies students learn about the world's cultures and respect ethnic diversity.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Release : 2009-03-20
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Latino American Folktales by : Thomas A. Green
Download or read book Latino American Folktales written by Thomas A. Green. This book was released on 2009-03-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some are funny, some draw upon the supernatural, some look back on ancestral ways, and some capture the experience of Latinos in the United States. Written expressly for students and general readers, this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. These are grouped in topical sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale is introduced by a headnote, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources suitable for student research. Students of literature and language will value this book for its exploration of Latino American folktales, while students of history and society will welcome its illumination of the Latino American experience. The more than 30 tales are grouped in thematic sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural.
Author : Margaret Read MacDonald
Release : 2013-12-16
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 213/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Traditional Storytelling Today by : Margaret Read MacDonald
Download or read book Traditional Storytelling Today written by Margaret Read MacDonald. This book was released on 2013-12-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Storytelling Today explores the diversity of contemporary storytelling traditions and provides a forum for in-depth discussion of interesting facets of comtemporary storytelling. Never before has such a wealth of information about storytelling traditions been gathered together. Storytelling is alive and well throughout the world as the approximately 100 articles by more than 90 authors make clear. Most of the essays average 2,000 words and discuss a typical storytelling event, give a brief sample text, and provide theory from the folklorist. A comprehensive index is provided. Bibliographies afford the reader easy access to additional resources.
Author : Warren Everett Roberts
Release : 1994
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 905/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Tale of the Kind and the Unkind Girls by : Warren Everett Roberts
Download or read book The Tale of the Kind and the Unkind Girls written by Warren Everett Roberts. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the great study of the migration and metamorphosis of a tale. Originally published by de Gruyter in 1958. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
