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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 "

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

• Pełny tytuł: Folktales of England
• Autor: Katharine M. Briggs, Ruth Lyndall Tongue
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 208
• EAN: 9780226074948
• ISBN: 0226074943
• ID: 04542955
• Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press
• Waga: 198 g
• Wymiary: 220 × 140 × 11 mm

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