{"product_id":"folktales-of-england-9780226074948","title":"Folktales of England","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Katharine M. Briggs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Folklore \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003e is 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","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615527747735,"sku":"9780226074948","price":2315.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226074948.webp?v=1775101476","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/folktales-of-england-9780226074948","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}