Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat : Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition /

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"Passed on orally between generations as a community tradition, these sensitive and artful tales don't appear anywhere in print. Features ethnopoetic transcriptions from authors to give authentic accounts of "living" oral performances from the past century and to demonstrate the...

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Other Authors: Lannon, Alice, 1927-2013 (Storyteller), Power, Pius, 1915-1993 (Storyteller), Blair, Graham (Illustrator), Greenhill, Pauline (Editor), Lovelace, Martin J. (Editor), Best, Anita, 1948- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tales.
Spoken word poetry.
Oral tradition.
Folklore.
Fairy tales.
Contes de fees > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Specimens.
Contes > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Specimens.
Folklore > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Histoire.
Tradition orale > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
Creation parlee.
Fairy tales > Newfoundland and Labrador > Specimens.
Tales > Newfoundland and Labrador > Specimens.
Folklore > Newfoundland and Labrador > History.
Oral tradition > Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Specimens.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Passed on orally between generations as a community tradition, these sensitive and artful tales don't appear anywhere in print. Features ethnopoetic transcriptions from authors to give authentic accounts of "living" oral performances from the past century and to demonstrate the artistry that is possible without written word"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (323 pages).
ISBN:9781607329206

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