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Download or read book Folktails written by Jan Thornhill and published by Maple Tree. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of animal legends and folktales from around the world.
Book Synopsis The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books) by : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Download or read book The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books) written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 1437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction) Winner • Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award Holiday Gift Guide Selection • Indiewire, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis Star-Tribune These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature. Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset’s “Negro Folk Tales from the South” (1927), Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton’s The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African American folktales ever published in American literary history. Arguing for the value of these deceptively simple stories as part of a sophisticated, complex, and heterogeneous cultural heritage, Gates and Tatar show how these remarkable stories deserve a place alongside the classic works of African American literature, and American literature more broadly. Opening with two introductory essays and twenty seminal African tales as historical background, Gates and Tatar present nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, but also stories like “The Talking Skull” and “Witches Who Ride,” as well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman. Beginning with the figure of Anansi, the African trickster, master of improvisation—a spider who plots and weaves in scandalous ways—The Annotated African American Folktales then goes on to draw Caribbean and Creole tales into the orbit of the folkloric canon. It retrieves stories not seen since the Harlem Renaissance and brings back archival tales of “Negro folklore” that Booker T. Washington proclaimed had emanated from a “grapevine” that existed even before the American Revolution, stories brought over by slaves who had survived the Middle Passage. Furthermore, Gates and Tatar’s volume not only defines a new canon but reveals how these folktales were hijacked and misappropriated in previous incarnations, egregiously by Joel Chandler Harris, a Southern newspaperman, as well as by Walt Disney, who cannibalized and capitalized on Harris’s volumes by creating cartoon characters drawn from this African American lore. Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive. The Annotated African American Folktales includes: Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images
Book Synopsis Favorite Folktales from Around the World by : Jane Yolen
Download or read book Favorite Folktales from Around the World written by Jane Yolen and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1988-08-12 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Book Synopsis Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America by : David Leeming
Download or read book Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America written by David Leeming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western frontier, to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s, and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope, embracing Big Foot and Windigo, Hiawatha and Uncle Sam, Paul Revere and Billy the Kid, and even the Iroquois Flying Head and Elvis. In the book's section on dogmas and icons, for instance, Leeming and Page discuss the American melting pot, the notion of manifest destiny, and the imposing historical and literary figure of Henry Adams. And under Heroes and Heroines, they have assembled everyone from "Honest Abe" Lincoln and George "I Cannot Tell a Lie" Washington to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Martin Luther King, Jr. For every myth or hero rendered here, the editors include an informative yet readable excerpt, often the definitive account of the story in question. Taken as a whole, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America reveals how waves of immigrants, encountering this strange land for the first time, adapted their religions, beliefs, and folklore to help make sense of a new and astounding place. Covering Johnny Appleseed and Stagolee as well as Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick, this wonderful anthology illuminates our nation's myth-making, enriching our idea of what it means to be American.
Book Synopsis Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales by : Alison Lurie
Download or read book Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales written by Alison Lurie and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleeping beauties? Not Clever Gretchen or Kate Crackernuts or Manka or any of the other young heroines in this wonderful collection of folktales. Active, witty, brave, and resourceful, these girls and young women can fight and hunt, defeat giants, answer riddles and outwit the devil. These stories are usually left out of the popular collections of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when women were supposed to be beautiful, innocent, and passive.
Book Synopsis East African Folktales by : Vincent Mũli wa Kĩtukũ
Download or read book East African Folktales written by Vincent Mũli wa Kĩtukũ and published by august house. This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bilingual collection of 18 folktales or short fables in English and Kikamba from the Kamba Community in Kenya.
Book Synopsis West African Folktales by : Richard A. Spears
Download or read book West African Folktales written by Richard A. Spears and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.
Book Synopsis Creative Stitching Second Edition by : Sue Spargo
Download or read book Creative Stitching Second Edition written by Sue Spargo and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full color, highly detailed, step by step instructions for over 70 of Sue Spargo's favorite embroidery stitches.
Book Synopsis Eskimo Folk Tales by : Knud Rasmussen
Download or read book Eskimo Folk Tales written by Knud Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South-African Folk-Tales by : James A. Honey
Download or read book South-African Folk-Tales written by James A. Honey and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
Book Synopsis Shetland Folk Tales by : Lawrence Tulloch
Download or read book Shetland Folk Tales written by Lawrence Tulloch and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being separate from the Scottish mainland, the Shetland Isles have a rich and unique tradition of folklore, from selkies to invading giants and Vikings. This book brings together for the first time many tales of the Isles, including The Boy Who Came from the Ground, and Norway's First Troll, among many others. This collection is sure to enthral and entertain those from the region and anyone who picks up a copy.
Author :Andreĭ Vladimirovich Golovnev Publisher :Cornell University Press ISBN 13 :9780801436314 Total Pages :236 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (363 download)
Book Synopsis Siberian Survival by : Andreĭ Vladimirovich Golovnev
Download or read book Siberian Survival written by Andreĭ Vladimirovich Golovnev and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the Nenets successfully resisted indoctrination from a powerful totalitarian state and how today they face new challenges to the survival of their culture - these are the subjects of this compelling and lavishly illustrated book."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Modern Hand Stitching by : Ruth Chandler
Download or read book Modern Hand Stitching written by Ruth Chandler and published by Landauer (IL). This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain confidence knowing over 35 basic stitches! This contemporary reference offers dozens of variations on straight stitches, cross stitches, chain stitches, knots, couching, wrapping, and more through step-by-step instructions, photography, and expert tips.
Download or read book Stone Soup written by Heather Forest and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Two hungry travelers arrive at a village expecting to find a household that will share a bit of food, as has been the custom along their journey. To their surprise, villager after villager refuses to share, each one closing the door with a bang. As they sit to rest beside a well, one of the travelers observes that if the townspeople have no food to share, they must be "in greater need than we are." With that, the travelers demonstrate their special recipe for a magical soup, using a stone as a starter. All they need is a carrot, which a young girl volunteers. Not to be outdone, another villager contributes a potato, and the soup grows as others bring corn, celery, and other vegetables and seasonings. In this cumulative retelling of an ancient and widely circulated legend, author Heather Forest shows us that when each person makes a small contribution, “the collective impact can be huge.” Susan Gaber's paintings portray the optimism and timelessness of a story that celebrates teamwork and generosity
Book Synopsis When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew by : Jan Andrews
Download or read book When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew written by Jan Andrews and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the foolish, yet wise, Ti-Jean through three adventures as he outwits a greedy princess, a tiny scoundrel, and a very clever girl, in a collection of stories based on French-Canadian folk literature.
Book Synopsis A Treasury of African Folklore by : Harold Courlander
Download or read book A Treasury of African Folklore written by Harold Courlander and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide and varied selection of myths from various African tribes south of the Sahara.
Book Synopsis Where Magic Hides by : Cat Weatherill
Download or read book Where Magic Hides written by Cat Weatherill and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this diverse collection of short stories, various young characters encounter kings and trolls, wild horses and rainbow-coloured sheep as they learn to find the magic in the stories all around them. With a tale based on the story of Rhiannon from the Mabinogion and another set in Hay-on-Wye.