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


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
CarbonearAdult NFic NLAdult Non-Fiction NL398.209718 C59
Corner BrookAdult NFic NLAdult Non-Fiction NL398.209718 C59
GanderAdult NFic NLAdult Non-Fiction NL398.209718 C59
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public LibraryAdult NFic NLAdult Non-Fiction NL398.209718 C59
Norris PointAdult NFic NLAdult Non-Fiction NL398.209718 C59
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic NLAdult Non-Fiction NL398.209718 C59
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic NL Ref - NL RmAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room398.209718 C59
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic NL Ref - VaultAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault398.209718 C59