Clever maids, fearless Jacks, and a helpful cat : fairy tales from a living oral tradition / edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, Pauline Greenhill ; illustrated by Graham Blair.

Clever maids, fearless Jacks, and a helpful cat : fairy tales from a living oral tradition / edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, Pauline Greenhill ; illustrated by Graham Blair.

Publication Date
: 
2019

Publication Information
: 
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press,

Physical Description
: 
vii, 315 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Tales -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
 
Oral tradition -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

Genre
: 
Folklore -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

Additional Contributors
: 
Best, Anita.
 
Lovelace, Martin J.
 
Greenhill, Pauline.
 
Blair, Graham.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
: 
Passed on orally between generations as a community tradition, these sensitive and artful tales don't appear anywhere in print. Features ethnopoetic transcriptions from authors to give authentic accounts of "living" oral performances from the past century and to demonstrate the artistry that is possible without written word.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781607329190


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