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Title: A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language Author(s): Katherin Briggs Pages: 522 Publisher: Routledge Publication date: 2005 Language: Format: PDF ISBN-10: 0415066948 ISBN-13: Description: Review
`The greatest reference books are often the culmination of the life's work of an individual scholar. So it is with this book. No better single collection is likely to be found in print anywhere. It represents a great achievement in such a magnificent collection of elusive and disparate material ... belongs in any major collection.' - Reference Reviews
`No folklore collection can afford to be without these volumes.' - Choice
`This work will be useful in university literature, folklore, history and social history collections and in all libraries as a basic reference source.' - Library Journal
`This enormous, fascinating collection will appeal as much to browsers as to scholars.' - Times Literary Supplement
`A first-rate piece of meticulous scholarship.' - Folklore
`We are completely in Dr Briggs' debt for this complete, authoritative and seminal canon.' - Times Education Supplement
'Katherine M. Briggs has done a wonderful job in bringing all these old stories together. She has had access to all the great collections and has done a most painstaking job classifying them. [The book] will prove fascinating to anyone who cares about how they vary in different parts of the country.' - Daily Telegraph
Book Description
A classic in folklore scholarship arranged in 2 parts. Folk Narratives contains tales told for edification or delight, but not thought to be factually true.Folk Legends presents tales the tellers believed to records of the actual events.
Product Details
* Textbook Binding: 522 pages
* Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0415066948
* ISBN-13: 978-0415066945
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Title: A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language