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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781138842816
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1276 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
    Parallel Title: Print version Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore) : The Resilience of the Oral Tradition
    DDC: 398.2/09718
    Abstract: This collection of Newfoundland folk narratives, first published in 1996, grew out of extensive fieldwork in folk culture in the province. The intention was to collect as broad a spectrum of traditional material as possible, and Folktales of Newfoundland is notable not only for the number and quality of its narratives, but also for the format in which they are presented. A special transcription system conveys to the reader the accents and rhythms of each performance, and the endnote to each tale features an analysis of the narrator's language. In addition, Newfoundland has preserved many aspec
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Historical Background; Map; Storytelling in Newfoundland; Transcription; Language; Phonology; Lexis; Grammar; Syntax; Method of Presentation; Duration; Source; Location; Audience; Context, Style, and Language; Music; Types and Motifs; International Parallels; Notes; TEXTS AND NOTES; 1. The Animals Frighten the Robbers; 2. The Old Woman and Her Three Sons; 3. Daddy Redcap
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Peter and Minnie (Jack and the Three Giants)5. Peter and Minnie (Jack and the Three Giants); 6. Peter and Minnie (Jack and the Three Giants); 7. Greensleeves; 8. The Green Man of Eggum; 9. The Green Man of Eggum; 10. The Green Man of Eggum; 11. The Glassen Pole; 12. The Head Card Player of the World; 13. The Head Card Player of the World; 14. Jack and the Mermaid; 15. Master Arch; 16. Brave Jack; 17. Peg Bearskin; 18. Pegg Bearskin; 19. Jack Gets into Heaven; 20. The Dream; 21. The King of Ashes' Daughter; 22. Jack and the Princess; 23. The Blue Bull; 24. The Blue Bull
    Description / Table of Contents: 25. A Ship Sailed on Wind and Water26. The Ship that Sailed Without Wind or Water; 27. The Ship that Sailed Without Wind or Water; 28. Jack, Tom and Billl (Jack and the Beautiful Punt); 29. The Queen of Paradise' Garden; 30. The Queen of Paradise' Garden; 31. The Flower of the World; 32. The Bottle of World's End Water; 33. The Bottle of World's End Water; 34. Dung, Ass, Dung; 35. Jack the Apple Seller; 36. The King's Son; 37. Hard Head; 38. Hard Head; 39. Hard Head; 40. Hard Head; 41. Hard Head; 42. Hard Un; 43. Poverty Parting with Good Company; 44. Jack Wins the King's Daughter
    Description / Table of Contents: 45. Jack and the Slave Islands46. Jack and the Slave Islands; 47. Jack and the Slave Islands; 48. Jack and the Slave Islands; 49. The Fiddler's Bet; 50. The Fiddler's Bet; 51. The Fiddler's Bet; 52. The Fiddler's Bet; 53. The Basketmaker; 54. The Faithful Wife; 55. Jack and the Duke, or Lies and Truth; 56. Jack and the Duke, or Lies and Truth; 57. The Three Questions; 58. The Three Questions; 59. The Three Questions; 60. The Three Questions; 61. The Three Questions; 62. Jim Slowan; 63. The Black Chief of Slowan; 64. The Black Chief of Slowan; 65. The Fox Riddle; 66. The Fox Riddle
    Description / Table of Contents: 67. The Bag of Money68. The Cuckoo; 69. Jack and the Devil; 70. The Feller that Cornered the Devil; 71. Jack Outwits the Devil; 72. Jack Outwits the Devil ; 73. The Fellow Who Sold Himself to the Devil; 74. What Darkens the Door?; 75. Hit That!; 76. Hit It; 77. Pat Tells Mike to Hit It; 78. The Newfies in the Pit; 79. On Account of Stupidity; 80. Intelligence; 81. Intelligence; 82. The Heelstick; 83. The Man in the Coffin; 84. The Man in the Coffin; 85. The Test; 86. The Man Above; 87. The Man Above; 88. Jack the Sailor Feller; 89. Jack the Sailor Feller; 90. Little Dicky Melburn
    Description / Table of Contents: 91. Little Dicky Melburn
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
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