Folktales of England

If wonder tales are not abundant in England, other kinds of folktales thrive: local traditions, historical legends, humorous anecdotes. Many of the favorite tales which English-speaking peoples carry with them from childhood come from a long tradition-stories as familiar to Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Spenser, and their many contemporaries as they are to us.

"This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . ."-Times Educational Supplement

". . . should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories."-Choice

"This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man's attempts to comprehend his world."-Quartet

"Folktales of England is by all odds the most satisfactory general collection of folktales to come out of England since the advent of modern collection and classification techniques."-Ernest W. Baughman, Journal of American Folklore


Author: Katharine M. Briggs
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09/15/1968
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9780226074948
ISBN10: 0226074943
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General