{"product_id":"folktales-of-england","title":"Folktales of England","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFolktales of England\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRuth L. Briggs, Katharine M.; Tongue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780226074948\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1968\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e208\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIf 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . .\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Educational Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\". . . should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man's attempts to comprehend his world.\"--\u003ci\u003eQuartet \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFolktales of England \u003c\/i\u003eis 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, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Folklore \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Folktales of England | Ruth L. Briggs, Katharine M.; Tongue | Paperback | 9780226074948 | New | Folklore 1784674","offer_id":67726257160344,"sku":"1784674","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/718Ys5xnzEL.jpg?v=1792080250","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/folktales-of-england","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}