Perspectives on the Jack Tales

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Lindahl, Carl , Brown, Mary Ellen 저자(글)

Indiana University Press (Ips) · 2002년 12월 20일

책 소개

Carl Lindahl is Professor of English at the University of Houston.
This volume is about North American M?chen, a vernacular art form that is often strangely ignored or misconstrued. At the same time, the genre's vitality and appeal are evidenced by its persistent presentation as written literature. The essays in this volume reexamine common assumptions about "magic" tales and their tellers, reconsidering the performance, collection, transcription, publication, and interpretation of narratives that continue to live orally-especially in the private realm-as one mechanism of intergenerational communication or as a symbolic expression of worldview.In addition to four interpretive essays, six segments focus on storytellers and their transcribed narratives, accompanied by introductions that place them in context. Some segments compare editing practices or narrative styles; others represent the first publication of contemporary narratives or tales that have long lain in archives, unheard and unavailable. All attest to the skill of the tellers and the artistry of their creations.
A re-examination of North American M?chen
A re-examination of North American M?chen

작가정보

저자(글) Lindahl, Carl

저자(글) Brown, Mary Ellen

목차

• Foreword	p. viii
  A Tale of Verbal Economy: "Stiff Dick"	p. 1
  Introduction: Representing and Recovering the British- and Irish-American Marchen	p. 7
  Two Tellings of "Merrywise": 1949 and 2000	p. 39
  Two Versions of "Rawhead and Bloodybones" from the Farmer-Muncy Family	p. 55
  Sounding a Shy Tradition: Oral and Written Styles of American Mountain Marchen	p. 68
  Two Transcriptions of "Jack and the Bull," by Polly Johnson	p. 99
  Storybook Style: "Jack and the Green Man"	p. 106
  Is Old Jack Really Richard Chase?	p. 111
  A Model of Appropriate Behavior? "The Ship That Sailed on Land and Water"	p. 139
  Jack and His Masters: Real Worlds and Tale Worlds in Newfoundland Folktales	p. 149
  In Memoriam: Herbert Halpert	p. 171
  Abstracts	p. 175
  Contributors	p. 177
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기본정보

ISBN	9781878318756 ( 1878318756 )
발행(출시)일자	2002년 12월 20일
쪽수	192쪽
크기	155 * 229 * 14 mm / 317 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어