Tales from the Cloud Walking Country - Brossura

Campbell, Marie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0820321869 ISBN 13: 9780820321868

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Assembled here are seventy-eight stories from six of the "ballad-singingest, tale-tellingest" residents of the eastern Kentucky mountain country. Based on stories rooted in European traditions from German fairy tales to Irish hero stories to Greek myths, the tales had been handed down through generations of telling before Marie Campbell collected them in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Readers will recognize the story of Snow White in "A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad," while "Three Shirts and a Golden Finger Ring" recalls the fairy tale of the Seven Swans. "The Fellow That Married A Dozen Times" is a lively rendition of "Bluebeard." As the narrators cautioned Marie Campbell again and again, "Tale-telling is nigh about faded out in the mountain country," but Tales from the Cloud Walking Country offers a lasting record of history, cultural heritage, language, and good old-fashioned fun.

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L'autore:

Marie Campbell was a teacher and folklorist who, between 1926 and 1934, lived, worked, and traveled the eastern Kentucky mountains. She is also the author of Folks Do Get Born.

Product Description:

This volume assembles 78 stories from six residents of the eastern Kentucky mountain country. Based on stories rooted in European traditions from German fairy tales to Irish hero stories and Greek myths, the tales have been handed down through generations.

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• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0820321869
• ISBN 13: 9780820321868
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 270