Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat: Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition
Autor Anita Best, Pauline Greenhill, Martin Lovelace Ilustrat de Graham Blairen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2019 – vârsta ani
Clever
Maids,
Fearless
Jacks,
and
a
Catshowcases
the
stories
of
two
Newfoundland
storytellers,
Philip
Pius
Power
and
Alice
Lannon.
Ethnopoetic
transcriptions
of
these
sensitive
and
artful
tales,
which
have
been
passed
on
orally
for
generations
as
part
of
a
community
tradition,
give
accounts
of
living
oral
performances
from
the
last
quarter
of
the
twentieth
century
and
demonstrate
the
artistry
that
is
possible
without
the
written
word.
Here, eight tales from Power and five tales from Lannon take up issues of vital concern—such as spousal abuse, bullying, and social and generational conflict—allusively, through a screen of fiction. In commentary following the stories Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, and Pauline Greenhill discuss the transmission of fairy tales in oral tradition, address the relation of these magic tales to Lannon’s and Power’s other stories, and share specifics about Newfoundland storytelling and the two tellers themselves. The text is further enriched by expressive illustrations from artist Graham Blair.
Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Catpresents the fairy-tale oeuvres of two superb storytellers as a contribution to interdisciplinary fairy-tale studies and folklore—countering fairy-tale studies’ focus on written traditions and printed texts—as well as to gender studies, cultural studies, Newfoundland studies, and Canadian studies. Students, scholars, and general readers interested in folk and fairy tales, contemporaryMärchen, Newfoundland folklore, or oral tradition more generally will find much of value in these pages.
Support for this publication was provided, in part, by the University of Winnipeg.
Here, eight tales from Power and five tales from Lannon take up issues of vital concern—such as spousal abuse, bullying, and social and generational conflict—allusively, through a screen of fiction. In commentary following the stories Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, and Pauline Greenhill discuss the transmission of fairy tales in oral tradition, address the relation of these magic tales to Lannon’s and Power’s other stories, and share specifics about Newfoundland storytelling and the two tellers themselves. The text is further enriched by expressive illustrations from artist Graham Blair.
Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Catpresents the fairy-tale oeuvres of two superb storytellers as a contribution to interdisciplinary fairy-tale studies and folklore—countering fairy-tale studies’ focus on written traditions and printed texts—as well as to gender studies, cultural studies, Newfoundland studies, and Canadian studies. Students, scholars, and general readers interested in folk and fairy tales, contemporaryMärchen, Newfoundland folklore, or oral tradition more generally will find much of value in these pages.
Support for this publication was provided, in part, by the University of Winnipeg.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781607329190
ISBN-10: 1607329190
Pagini: 324
Ilustrații: 14
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Utah State University Press
Colecția Utah State University Press
ISBN-10: 1607329190
Pagini: 324
Ilustrații: 14
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Utah State University Press
Colecția Utah State University Press
Recenzii
“Avery
valuable
contribution
to
the
field
of
fairy-tale
studies.”
—Claudia Schwabe, Utah State University
“A fruitful application of comparative folktale scholarship.”
—Carl Lindahl, University of Houston
—Claudia Schwabe, Utah State University
“A fruitful application of comparative folktale scholarship.”
—Carl Lindahl, University of Houston
"These tales show that, the more a teller tells it, the richer a story becomes, smoothed by the shaping of each word, coated in the patina of retelling, created from a lifetime of memory and experience and protected with-in the teller as a pearl within the oyster. And these particular story pearls from tellers past are now given to us."
—Fortean Times
"This groundbreaking book not only adds substantially to knowledge of stories and storytelling in Newfoundland and Labrador but also makes an important contribution to the canon of traditional narratives in the English-speaking world."
—Tradition Today
"Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Catrepresents a superb opportunity to delve into a complex and very engaging example of the ethnopoetic method in action."
—Folklore
Notă biografică
Anita
Bestis
a
traditional
singer
and
storyteller
working
primarily
with
Newfoundland
songs
and
stories.
She
also
works
as
a
broadcaster
and
folklorist.
Anita
has
received
several
honors,
including
the
Marius
Barbeau
Medal
from
the
Folklore
Studies
Association
of
Canada
and
an
honorary
doctorate
from
Memorial
University.
She
was
named
to
the
Order
of
Canada
in
2011.
Martin Lovelacewas associate professor in the Department of Folklore at Memorial University, where he taught from 1980 until his retirement in 2016. He has published a number of essays on ballads and folktales in edited collections and folklore journals.
Pauline Greenhillis professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. She is the author or coeditor of numerous books includingMake the Night Hideous,Unsettling Assumptions, andThe Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Culture. Her work has appeared inSigns,Marvels & Tales,Resources for Feminist Research,Journal of American Folklore,Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, andParallax, among others.
Martin Lovelacewas associate professor in the Department of Folklore at Memorial University, where he taught from 1980 until his retirement in 2016. He has published a number of essays on ballads and folktales in edited collections and folklore journals.
Pauline Greenhillis professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. She is the author or coeditor of numerous books includingMake the Night Hideous,Unsettling Assumptions, andThe Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Culture. Her work has appeared inSigns,Marvels & Tales,Resources for Feminist Research,Journal of American Folklore,Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, andParallax, among others.
Descriere
Clever
Maids,
Fearless
Jacks,
and
a
Catshowcases
the
stories
of
two
Newfoundland
storytellers,
Philip
Pius
Power
and
Alice
Lannon.