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1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations |
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Special publications of the Folklore Institute ; no. 6 |
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Special publications of the Folklore Institute ; no. 6.
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A Tale of Verbal Economy: "Stiff Dick" / Samuel Harmon, narrator -- Introduction: Representing and Recovering the British- and Irish-American Marchen / Carl Lindahl -- Two Tellings of "Merrywise": 1949 and 2000 / Jane Muncy Fugate, narrator -- Two Versions of "Rawhead and Bloodybones" from the Farmer-Muncy Family / Glen Muncy Anderson, Jane Muncy Fugate, narrators -- Sounding a Shy Tradition: Oral and Written Styles of American Mountain Marchen / Carl Lindahl -- Two Transcriptions of "Jack and the Bull," by Polly Johnson / James Taylor Adams, Richard Chase, transcribers -- Storybook Style: "Jack and the Green Man" / Louise Fontaine Mann, narrator -- Is Old Jack Really Richard Chase? / Charles L. Perdue Jr. -- A Model of Appropriate Behavior? "The Ship That Sailed on Land and Water" / Alice Lannon, narrator -- Jack and His Masters: Real Worlds and Tale Worlds in Newfoundland Folktales / Martin Lovelace -- In Memoriam: Herbert Halpert / Gerald Thomas |
| Summary |
"This volume is about North American Marchen, a vernacular art form that has been strangely ignored or misconstructed by many. At the same time, the genre's vitality and appeal are evidenced by its persistent presentation as written literature. The essays in this volume re-examine common assumptions about "magic" tales and their tellers, reconsidering the performance, collection, transcription, publication, and interpretation of narratives that continue to live orally - especially in the private realm - as one mechanism of intergenerational communication or as symbolic articulation of worldview." "First published as a special issue of the Journal of Folklore Research (38:1-2, 2001), Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Marchen grew out of research presented at "American Magic: The Fates of Oral Fiction in the New World," a conference held at the University of Houston in October 1997. In addition to four interpretive essays, six segments feature narrators and their transcribed narratives, accompanied by contextualizing introductions. Some segments compare editing practices or narrative styles; others represent the first publication of contemporary narratives to tales that have long lain in archives, unheard and unavailable. All attest to the skill of the tellers and the artistry of their creations."--Jacket |
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"Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of folklore research, vol. 38, nos. 1 and 2 (January-August 2001)"--Serial title page |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Jack tales -- United States
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Jack tales -- Canada
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Fairy tales -- United States
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Fairy tales -- Canada
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Fairy tales
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Jack tales
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Canada
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lindahl, Carl, 1947- editor.
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