The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland - Rilegato

Roud, Steve

 
9780141006734: The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland

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The first major new book on British superstitions and their history in over a generation, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people believe today. Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, the book settles many arguments, debunks many myths and provides in the process a fascinating sideways view of social customs and beliefs over the centuries.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Steve Roud is an expert on folklore and superstition and co-author of the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLKLORE. He lives in Maresfield, East Sussex.

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9780140515121: The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0140515127 ISBN 13:  9780140515121
Casa editrice: Penguin, 2006
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