Little Jack And Other Newfoundland Folktales

Author : John David Allison Widdowson
Publisher : St. John, Nfld. : Memorial University of Newfoundland, Folklore and language Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Jack and Other Newfoundland Folktales written by John David Allison Widdowson and published by St. John, Nfld. : Memorial University of Newfoundland, Folklore and language Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : María Jesús Hernáez Lerena
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443883336
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland and Labrador written by María Jesús Hernáez Lerena and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a mythologized place that resonates with tragic adventure, polar expeditions and Grand Banks fishing; a real and imagined geography with an incredible artistic output that calls for critical discussion. This book examines the diversity of this province’s literature and culture, taking into consideration the expertise of scholars and writers who have first-hand knowledge of its unique context. Chapters on history, travel, fiction, autobiography, poetry, theatre, storytelling, filmmaking, and the visual arts provide an up-to-date survey across a broad range of artistic endeavours, as well as close readings of selected texts. The questions that fill the pages of Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland and Labrador arise from the awareness its contributors have of historically shared experiences, but also of shared delusions, and their essays provoke contemplation beyond the labels local/global, Newfoundlander/Come-From-Away. Aboriginal histories and writing come to the foreground in this panoramic view that balances descriptions of mainstream, vernacular and Indigenous cultural productions. The final chapter is organized as a multi-voiced interview which serves as a supplement to the academic essays. Here, themes are revisited and personalized as several writers express their feelings about what it means to be a Newfoundlander and an artist. As such, this book will encourage dialogue about Newfoundland and Labrador’s literary and artistic achievements within the international community of readers and researchers.

Author : Herbert Halpert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317551486
Total Pages : 1175 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore) written by Herbert Halpert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 1175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Newfoundland folk narratives, first published in 1996, grew out of extensive fieldwork in folk culture in the province. The intention was to collect as broad a spectrum of traditional material as possible, and Folktales of Newfoundland is notable not only for the number and quality of its narratives, but also for the format in which they are presented. A special transcription system conveys to the reader the accents and rhythms of each performance, and the endnote to each tale features an analysis of the narrator’s language. In addition, Newfoundland has preserved many aspects of English and Irish folk tradition, some of which are no longer active in the countries of their origin. Working from the premise that traditions virtually unknown in England might still survive in active form in Newfoundland, the researchers set out to discover if this was in fact the case.

Author : Herbert Halpert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317551494
Total Pages : 1276 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore) written by Herbert Halpert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Newfoundland folk narratives, first published in 1996, grew out of extensive fieldwork in folk culture in the province. The intention was to collect as broad a spectrum of traditional material as possible, and Folktales of Newfoundland is notable not only for the number and quality of its narratives, but also for the format in which they are presented. A special transcription system conveys to the reader the accents and rhythms of each performance, and the endnote to each tale features an analysis of the narrator’s language. In addition, Newfoundland has preserved many aspects of English and Irish folk tradition, some of which are no longer active in the countries of their origin. Working from the premise that traditions virtually unknown in England might still survive in active form in Newfoundland, the researchers set out to discover if this was in fact the case.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Béaloideas written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carl Lindahl
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781878318756
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen written by Carl Lindahl and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All attest to the skill of the tellers and the artistry of their creations.

Author : Dan Yashinsky
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307366286
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suddenly They Heard Footsteps written by Dan Yashinsky and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada’s best-known storyteller, Dan Yashinsky, lives his life as teller and listener, and shows how storytelling can and does create vital connections between individuals, communities and families. In an age of instant messaging, entertainment systems and digital interaction, why is it that more and more people are being drawn to the art of oral storytelling? As Dan Yashinsky, one of Canada’s most well-known and beloved storytellers shows, an old tradition has become the new avant-garde. Storytelling is still very much alive in this digital age: it connects us to each other, to our communities and to our past. In fact, people are as hungry as they've ever been for the wisdom and solace of told stories. But they are also looking for stories that will speak to our post-modern, fractured, apocalyptic age. Suddenly They Heard Footsteps is part memoir, part instruction, part cultural history, and includes tales that Dan has told to wide acclaim. By turns humorous, inspiring, instructive and philosophical, Dan shows us that, like love, stories mean the most the very moment we give them away.

Author : Angela Kerfont
Publisher : Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre
ISBN 13 : 9782877757003
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folktales from western Newfoundland written by Angela Kerfont and published by Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre. This book was released on 1985 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folktales from Western Newfoundland sont des contes populaires inédits racontés par Angela Kerfont de Port-au-Port, et recueillis à Terre-Neuve par Marie-Annick Desplanques. Ces textes qui sont des contes de fées, avec princes, princesses et géants, intéressent aussi bien les amateurs de folklore et ceux qui l'étudient que de jeunes lecteurs. En raison de l'origine française de la conteuse, certains gallicismes apparaissent dans son langage ; ils ont été conservés pour garder le caractère origi¬nal de la narration, mais ont été imprimés en italique pour que les jeunes lecteurs puissent s'exercer à trouver les formes équivalentes en anglais courant. Ces textes ont une grande fraîcheur et leur spontanéité un peu rude dégage une réelle poésie locale.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ulster Folklife written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Janet McNaughton
Publisher : Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780887766770
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brave Jack and the Unicorn written by Janet McNaughton and published by Tundra Books (NY). This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic tale of good and evil, love and loyalty set in Newfoundland.