Folktales of England |
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| Editor:
| Briggs, Katharine M.
Tongue, Ruth L. |
| Series title: | Folktales of the World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-07494-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1968 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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If wonder tales are not abundant in England, other kinds of folktales thrive: local traditions, historical legends, humorous anecdotes. Many of the favorite tales which English-speaking peoples carry with them from childhood come from a long tradition--stories as familiar to Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Spenser, and their many contemporaries as they are to us. "This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . ."--
Times Educational Supplement ...
More DescriptionIf wonder tales are not abundant in England, other kinds of folktales thrive: local traditions, historical legends, humorous anecdotes. Many of the favorite tales which English-speaking peoples carry with them from childhood come from a long tradition--stories as familiar to Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Spenser, and their many contemporaries as they are to us.
"This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . ."--Times Educational Supplement
". . . should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories."--Choice
"This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man's attempts to comprehend his world."--Quartet
"Folktales of England is by all odds the most satisfactory general collection of folktales to come out of England since the advent of modern collection and classification techniques."--Ernest W. Baughman, Journal of American Folklore