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This enchanting collection of traditional English folktales reflects the depth and diversity of the folk heritage of Britain, and illustrates the ties between stories, land, and people. the editors present an enticing assortment of more than 50 tales, gathered from practicing storytellers and organized into sections based on broad themes---The fool in all His Glory, Wily Wagers and Tall Tales, Holy Days and Days of Heroes, and so forth. There's a...
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"Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and the dominant preoccupations of Victorian culture at large. Carole Silver here draws on sources ranging from the anthropological, folkloric, and occult to the legal, historical, and medical. She is the first to anatomize a world peopled by strange beings...
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This beautiful A-Z companion to legends and customs in England, Scotland and Wales covers everything from witchcraft, ghosts and fairies, to legendary figures, standing stones and mythical creatures. With over 1000 entries and over 200 color and black and white illustrations, this is the most comprehensive guide yet to the unique folklore of this corner of the world.
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First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of...
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The Outlaw Legend explores the cultural tradition of outlaw heroes. Remembered and recreated through song, stories and film, this tradition has been remarkably resilient across time and place. Graham Seal shows that these famous 'social bandits' share many characteristics, particularly as helpers of the poor pitched against authority, and are best understood within class, ethnic and national struggles.
Graham Seal celebrates the manifestations of...
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