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Clever maids, fearless Jacks, and a cat : fairy tales from a living oral tradition

Title
  1. Clever maids, fearless Jacks, and a cat : fairy tales from a living oral tradition / edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, Pauline Greenhill ; illustrated by Graham Blair.
Published by
  1. Logan : Utah State University Press, [2019]

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Additional authors
  1. Lannon, Alice, 1927-2013
  2. Power, Pius, 1915-1993
  3. Best, Anita, 1948-
  4. Lovelace, Martin J.
  5. Greenhill, Pauline
Description
  1. vii, 315 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "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"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Fairy tales > Newfoundland and Labrador > Specimens
  2. Tales > Newfoundland and Labrador > Specimens
  3. Folklore > Newfoundland and Labrador > History
  4. Oral tradition > Newfoundland and Labrador
  5. Spoken word poetry
  6. Fairy tales
  7. Folklore
  8. Oral tradition
  9. Tales
  10. Newfoundland and Labrador
Genre/Form
  1. History.
  2. Specimens.
Contents
  1. Johnson and the fellow traveller told by Pius Power Sr. -- Jack and the cat told by Alice Lannon -- Jack shipped to the devil at Blackhead told by Pius Power Sr. -- The suit the colour of the clouds told by Pius Power Sr. -- Pretty raven ; The copper castle of the Lowlands told by Pius Power Sr.
Call number
  1. JFE 20-2807
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title
  1. Clever maids, fearless Jacks, and a cat : fairy tales from a living oral tradition / edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, Pauline Greenhill ; illustrated by Graham Blair.
Publisher
  1. Logan : Utah State University Press, [2019]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Lannon, Alice, 1927-2013, storyteller.
  2. Power, Pius, 1915-1993, storyteller.
  3. Best, Anita, 1948- editor.
  4. Lovelace, Martin J., editor.
  5. Greenhill, Pauline, editor.
LCCN
  1. 2019020517
ISBN
  1. 9781607329190 (pbk.)
  2. 1607329190
  3. 9781607329206 (ebook)
  4. 1607329204 (ebook)
Research call number
  1. JFE 20-2807
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