David Adams Leeming, Jake Page

Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America

An Anthology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taken as a whole, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America reveals how waves of immigrants, encountering this strange land for the first time, adapted their religions, beliefs, and folklore to help make sense of a new and astounding place. Covering Johnny Appleseed and Stagolee as well as Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick, this wonderful anthology illuminates our nation's myth-making, enriching our idea of what it means to be American.

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This marvelous collection gathers together the great myths and legends of America, ranging from the creation stories of the first inhabitants to the tall tales of the Western frontier to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s. 12 halftones.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780195117844
• ISBN-10: 0195117840
• Artikelnr.: 22035964

Autorenporträt

David Leeming is a former Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut and also the author of many books, including The World of Myth, Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero, and Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney. Jake Page is an essayist, science writer, novelist, and co-author with his wife Susanne of the books Hopi and Navajo. Leeming and Page have collaborated in the past on Goddess and God, both published by Oxford.