
The Greenwood Library of World Folktales
Stories from the Great Collections [4 volumes]
- 1,928 pages
- English
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The Greenwood Library of World Folktales
Stories from the Great Collections [4 volumes]
About this book
From the Amazon to the Arctic, the world is teeming with diverse cultures. There's no better way for students to explore the world's cultural diversity than through its folktales. Presenting tales from the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, daily life, and popular culture, The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections gathers together a vast array of folktales and arranges them according to region or cultural group, thus allowing students to quickly and conveniently learn about the tales of particular cultures. Some of these stories have been told for centuries, while others have emerged only in recent times. The four-volume set includes introductory essays in addition to explanatory headnotes, and provides bibliographies on particular regions as well as a selected, general bibliography. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this set gives students and general readers a guided tour of the world's folktales. Each volume of the set is devoted to a particular broad geographic region: Volume 1: Africa, The Middle East, Australia and Oceania
Volume 2: Asia
Volume 3: Europe
Volume 4: North and South America Accessible, informative, and entertaining, this book will help literature students learn how to analyze texts and understand the traditions at the heart of many of the world's literary masterpieces. It will also help social studies students learn about the world's cultures and respect ethnic diversity.
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Table of contents
- How to go to your page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- VOLUME 1: Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and Oceana
- VOLUME 2: Asia
- VOLUME 3: Europe
- VOLUME 4: North and South America
- Glossary
- General Bibliography
- Cumulative Index
- About the Editor