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Author : Winifred Finlay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Folk Tales from Moor and Mountain written by Winifred Finlay and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather McNeil
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313009686
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Celtic Breeze written by Heather McNeil and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-10-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into a world of kelpies, mermaids, selkies, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. This collection gives you Celtic tales, previously unrecorded or only found in obscure compilations. Mostly collected by the author on her ancestral home of the Isle of Barra in the Hebrides, these lesser-known tales from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales are supported by a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories, an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection, and bibliographies that reflect the author's extensive research. Seventeen ballads collected almost one hundred years ago and excerpts from the author's journal of travels in Scotland make this book a unique and valuable resource for anyone who tells stories.
Author : Barbara Fass Leavy
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814752683
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book In Search of the Swan Maiden written by Barbara Fass Leavy and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return. These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy believes that, in the societies in which the tale and its variants endured, woman was the other--the outsider trapped in a society that could never be her own. Leavy shows how the tale, though rarely explicitly recognized, is frequently replayed in modern literature. Beautifully written, this book reveals the myriad ways in which the folktales of a society reflect its cultural values, and particularly how folktales are allegories of gender relations. It will interest anyone involved in literary, gender, and cultural studies.
Author : C. A. Weslager
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812208080
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Delaware's Forgotten Folk written by C. A. Weslager and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is offered not as a textbook nor as a scientific discussion, but merely as reading entertainment founded on the life history, social struggle, and customs of a little-known people."—From the Preface C. A. Weslager's Delaware's Forgotten Folk chronicles the history of the Nanticoke Indians and the Cheswold Moors, from John Smith's first encounter with the Nanticokes along the Kuskakarawaok River in 1608, to the struggles faced by these uniquely multiracial communities amid the racial and social tensions of mid-twentieth-century America. It explores the legend surrounding the origin of the two distinct but intricately intertwined groups, focusing on how their uncommon racial heritage—white, black, and Native American—shaped their identity within society and how their traditional culture retained its significance into their present. Weslager's demonstrated command of available information and his familiarity with the people themselves bespeak his deep respect for the Moor and Nanticoke communities. What began as a curious inquiry into the overlooked peoples of the Delaware River Valley developed into an attentive and thoughtful study of a distinct group of people struggling to remain a cultural community in the face of modern opposition. Originally published in 1943, Delaware's Forgotten Folk endures as one of the fundamental volumes on understanding the life and history of the Nanticoke and Moor peoples.
Author : Alison Waller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350308994
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Melvin Burgess written by Alison Waller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melvin Burgess has made a powerful name for himself in the world of children's and young adult literature, emerging in the 1990s as the author of over twenty critically acclaimed novels. This collection of original essays by a team of established and new scholars introduces readers to the key debates surrounding Burgess's most challenging work, including controversial young adult novels Junk and Doing It. Covering a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives, the volume also presents exciting new readings of some of his less familiar fiction for children, and features an interview with the author.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.
Author : Sybil Marshall
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468315242
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Download or read book The Book of English Folk Tales written by Sybil Marshall and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of English folklore featuring stories of beasts, giants, ghosts, saints, and the Devil, as well as moral tales and tales of origins. Master storyteller, social historian, and folklorist Sybil Marshall scoured English history to bring together a fascinating collection of folk tales in one glorious edition. Out-of-print for over thirty years, Overlook is re-issuing this bewitching book to enchant a new audience. From the great mass of folk tales that exists, Sybil Marshall has chosen a wide variety of stories, retelling them with wit and suspense. We have her tales of the little people and of giants, of the Devil and the saints, and supernatural and moral tales. Let Sybil Marshall lead you through the old English countryside, exploring the beliefs and legends of time gone by. This beautiful edition, complete with wood engraved illustrations by John Lawrence, will entertain, educate, and ensnare audiences of all ages. “A compilation of vivid, sometimes fearsome stories . . . The England we visit here has no afternoon teas or jolly rounds of cricket on lovely green lawns. In these pages, the sophisticated reader steps onto older, darker soil half-soaked in blood, superstition, and magic. . . . Wood engravings by John Lawrence deepen our sense of the blackened accretion of centuries in this fascinating collection.” —Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal
Author : René Basset
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3387336322
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Moorish Literature; Romantic Ballads, Tales Of The Berbers, Stories Of The Kabyles, Folk-Lore, And National Traditions written by René Basset and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author : Elias Owen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Welsh Folk-lore: a Collection of the Folk-tales and Legends of North Wales written by Elias Owen and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Wilkinson, T.T. Harland
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732659143
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Lancashire Folk-Lore written by John Wilkinson, T.T. Harland and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Lancashire Folk-Lore by John Harland, T.T. Wilkinson
Author : Edwin Sidney Hartland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Science of Fairy Tales written by Edwin Sidney Hartland and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Fairy Book written by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977: Title index written by R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 2258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Ceredig Davies
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales written by Jonathan Ceredig Davies and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ralph Lavender
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Myths, Legend and Lore written by Ralph Lavender and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1975 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Lally
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750986298
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Monaghan Folk Tales written by Steve Lally and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to County Monaghan, a place full of ancient secrets, uncanny stories and unforgettable characters. Visit the majestic Castle Leslie with its haunted rooms and fairy folk, hear the piercing cry of the lonesome banshee at Rossmore Castle. Stop off to share a tune with the Bragan Ghost before joining the diabolical Skelton at his eerie inn. And don't forget to avoid the gaze of the Graveyard Bride as you pass through Errigal Truagh Cemetery. Join author and professional storyteller Steve Lally as he brings together stories from one of Ireland's most magical places. Accompanied by original, often haunting illustrations, these enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.
Author : Jill Durrance
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Appalachian Ways written by Jill Durrance and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
