| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "I'm Going to Tell You a Story" -- One. White Bear Whittington -- Two. The Cat and the Clever Daughter -- Three. Johnas and the Giant's Daughter -- Four. The Little Princess of the Forest -- Five. One Eyed, Two Eyed, Three Eyed -- Six. Toads and Diamonds -- Seven. Raw Head and Bloody Bones -- Eight. The Old Feather Goose -- Nine. Gold in the Chimney -- Ten. The Diamond Axe -- Eleven. The Old Changer Man -- Twelve. Nine Cat Tails -- Thirteen. Green Land -- Fourteen. The King with Seven Sons -- Fifteen. Pocketbook, Ring, and Rusty Fork |
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Sixteen. Merrywise -- Seventeen. Nippy -- Eighteen. Old Bear and Little Squirrel -- Nineteen. The Musicians of Bremen Town -- Twenty. The Lazy Terrapin -- Twenty-One. The Old Woman and the Green Gourd -- Twenty-Two. The Hare Bride -- Twenty-Three. Donkeyskin -- Twenty-Four. The Woman with the Lantern -- Twenty-Five. Silver Tree -- Twenty-Six. Little Rotten Pear -- Twenty-Seven. Three Yarn Balls -- Twenty-Eight. Candy Doll -- Twenty-Nine. The Little Girl and the Giant -- Index of Characters |
| Summary |
"This new collection of fairy tales, drawn from the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University and the special collections at Berea College, celebrates a lively current of storytelling going back centuries in Appalachia. The volume's editor, Stacy Sivinski, has written an introduction contextualizing the regional oral tradition that produced these adaptations and retellings of well-known tales. She explains what makes the stories distinctively Appalachian, and, indeed, readers will find traces of "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Snow White," all with a distinctly Appalachian flavor. The brave and clever women characters, so strong in Sivinski's selection, are given additional emphasis in specially commissioned photographs by local artist Jamie Sivinski. In contrast to a previous era of skeptical folklore criticism, this volume encourages readers to enter the fairy tale with a sense of wonder that is not less contemporary for being fantastic"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Appalachian Region
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Fairy tales -- Appalachian Region
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Appalachians (People) -- Folklore
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Humorous stories, American -- Appalachian Region
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Appalachians (People)
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Fairy tales
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Folklore
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Humorous stories, American
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Appalachian Region
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| Genre/Form |
fairy tales.
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folk tales.
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Folklore
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Fairy tales.
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Folk tales.
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Contes de fées.
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Contes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sivinski, Stacy, editor.
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Sivinski, Jamie, photographer.
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| LC no. |
2022048764 |
| ISBN |
9781621907633 |
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1621907635 |
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