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Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers William B Mccarthy New edition
Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers
William B Mccarthy
The “Jack” known to all of us from “Jack and the Beanstalk” is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. Jack in Two Worlds is a unique collection that brings together eight of these stories as transcribed from actual performances by tellers and eight interpretive essays by leading folktale scholars.
336 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 29, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807844434 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Genre | Cultural Region > Southeast U.s. |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 19 mm · 485 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Ellis, Bill |
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