Book Description
This illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
Author : Jane Polley
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
This illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,20 MB
Release : 1974-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780394709260
This is a collection of American folklore from colonial times to the present.
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 1986-02-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253203731
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Author : B. A. Botkin
Publisher : Globe Pequot Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 MB
Release : 2016-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493025350
Named by the Library of Congress in a 2012 exhibit as among the top "100 Books that Shaped America," this two-volume set contains 500 stories and 100 songs collected from the author's time as national folklore editor for the Federal Writer's Project (1938-39) as well as his work as archivist of folksongs at the Library of Congress. As Carl Sandburg writes in his foreword, "So here we have nothing less than an encyclopedia of the folklore of America. An encyclopedia is where you get up into box car numbers...besides giving you the company of nice, darnfool yarn spinners, it will give you something of the feel of American history, of the gloom chasers that moved many a good man who fought fire and flood, varmints and vermin, as region after region filled with settlers and homesteaders."
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135578788
Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority
Author : Maria Leach
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Tales from American folklore about bad men, ghosts, lies, and Native American tales.
Author : Thomas E. Barden
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780813913353
What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boone, Railroad Bill, "Justice John" Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are among the subjects included in the vast collection of legends gathered between 1937 and 1942 by the field workers of the Virginia Writers Project of the WPA. For decades following the end of the project, these stories lay untouched in the libraries of the University of Virginia. Now, folklorist Thomas E. Barden brings to light these delightful tales, most of which have never been in print. Virginia Folk Legends presents the first valid published collection of Virginia folk legends and is endorsed by the American Folklore Society.
Author : Christopher R. Fee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1265 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1610695682
A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Folklore / United States
ISBN :
An anthology of popular American stories, poems, songs, and lore that have become part of the folklore of the United States
Author : Richard Mercer Dorson
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
A survey of the entire field of America folklore-folkways jests, boasts, tall tales, ballads, and legendary heroes-from the era of colonization to the present age of mass culture.