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One of the best known and enduring genres, the fairy fales origins extend back to the preliterate oral societies of the ancient world. This books surveys its history and traces its evolution into the form we recognized today. Jones Builds on the work of folklorist and critics to provide the student with a stunning, lucid overview of the genre and a solid understanding of its structure.

Fairy tales --- Literature and folklore. --- History and criticism. --- Folklore and literature --- Literature and folk-lore --- Folklore

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The devotional poems of Annamaya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. This book offers translations of 150 of Annamaya's poems, which are readable as poetry in their own right.

Literature and folklore --- Poetry. --- Poems --- Poetry --- Verses (Poetry) --- Literature --- Folklore and literature --- Literature and folk-lore --- Folklore --- Philosophy

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The arguments presented will interest not only folklorists and scholars of narrative but readers in fields ranging from comparative literature to feminist theory.

Literature and folklore. --- Postmodernism (Literature) --- Tales --- Fiction --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Folklore and literature --- Literature and folk-lore --- Folklore --- History and criticism. --- Postmodernism (Literature).

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Focusing on the lineage and traditions of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison. She argues that these authors adopt strategies of indirection influenced by folklore, such as signifying, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque. Their magical and magisterial folk women characters entice readers toward controversial subjects.

Women and literature --- Literature and folklore. --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. --- Women in literature. --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Stereotype (Psychology) in literature --- Literature --- Folklore and literature --- Literature and folk-lore --- Folklore --- History. --- Morrison, Toni, --- Ní Dhuibhne, Éilís, --- Hurston, Zora Neale --- Lavin, Mary, --- Morrison, Toni --- Wofford, Chloe Anthony --- Morrisonová, Toni --- מוריסון, טוני --- Ní Dhuibhne-Almqvist, Éilís, --- Dhuibhne, Éilís ní, --- O'Hara, Elizabeth, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Literature and folklore --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature --- Women in literature --- History --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric)

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The figure of the violent man in the African American imagination has a long history. He can be found in 19th-century bad man ballads like 'Stagolee' and 'John Hardy,' as well as in the black convict recitations that influenced 'gansta' rap. Born in a Mighty Bad Land connects this figure with similar characters in African American fiction.

Men --- Men in literature. --- Violence --- African Americans --- African American men in literature. --- Literature and folklore --- Violence in literature. --- American fiction --- Human males --- Human beings --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity --- Violence (in religion, folklore, etc.) --- Afro-American men in literature --- Folklore and literature --- Literature and folk-lore --- Folklore --- African American intellectuals --- Folklore. --- Intellectual life. --- African American authors --- History and criticism.