Storytellers:Folktales and Legends from the South
This collection of more than 250 stories is taken from the Georgia Folklore Archives, founded in 1966. The introduction and
collectors' interviews, complemented by a few sources, are highlights of the book. Although there are trickster, instructive,
supernatural, and even retold literary tales, most of the material can be classed as jokes, yarns, or anecdotes. Ribaldry,
and ethnic or racial humor, color some stories. Scholars may regret the casual recording methods and inconsistent amateur
transcriptions, but nevertheless they (and, perhaps, some raconteurs far from the Okefenokee) will be the most likely audience
for this record of the oral culture of the rural South.
Author: John A Burrison, approx size 9" X 6", Pub Jan 1991, 392 pages, trade paperback. Southern Folklore.
Item #0820312673
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