The harvest and the reapers : oral traditions of Kentucky /

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The oral tradition of Kentucky is one of the most rich and interesting in the nation and has attracted a number of outstanding men and women -- scholars and writers, teachers and singers -- who have devoted their energies to Kentucky's folk and their ways. Some have collected examples of the st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Clarke, Kenneth W., Clarke, Mary Washington (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1974]
Series:Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
Subjects:
Folklore > Kentucky.
Folk literature, American > Kentucky.
Littérature populaire américaine > Kentucky.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Folk literature, American
Folklore
Kentucky
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Folk Images of Kentucky; 3 Kentucky Words and Brief Expressions; 4 The Yarnspinner in Kentucky; 5 Folk History and Legends; 6 Kentucky Singers; 7 Folklore in Kentucky Literature; 8 Summing Up; Published Sources; Unpublished Sources

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