Der Zauberschpiggel, The Magic Mirror: Hex Signs and the Folk Spirit of the Pennsylvania Dutch - Brossura

Yoder, Hunter M; Fogel, Edwin Miller; Singmaster, Elsie; Shaner, Richard H; Stoudt, John Joseph; Boyer, Dennis; Weygandt, Cornelius; . Bertolet MD, Peter G; Yoder M.Div, Russell R

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ISBN 13: 9798754535398

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2021

Riassunto

Followup to "Der Volksfreund, Hex Signs, Folk Tales and Witchcraft of the Pennsylvania Dutch."
A fascinating collage of art, oral history, folk tales, scholarship and personal, family memory, Der Zauberschpiggel provides unique insight into the mis-named Pennsylvania Dutch, the descendants of immigrants from the Rhine in the Eighteenth Century, to America. The author, an accomplished practitioner of the folk art of those people, and a product of their culture, makes illustrative use of his own work largely in the form of his Hex Sign paintings, and of his family history, Includes a number of contributors including articles by his brother, scholar Russell Yoder, Dennis Boyer, John Joseph Stoudt, Edwin Miller Fogel and many many more.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798754535398
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 396
• Contatto del produttore: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.it/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Lussemburgo