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LEADER: 06654cam a22006011 4500
001 ocm00942319
003 OCoLC
005 20191109071452.2
008 740710s1958 ilua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aGR105$b.F55
055 3 $aGR105$b.F55 1958
082 0 $a398.082
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aFlanagan, John T.$q(John Theodore),$d1906-1996,$eeditor.
245 10 $aFolklore in American literature.$cEdited by John T. Flanagan and Arthur Palmer Hudson.
260 $aEvanston, Ill.,$bRow, Peterson$c[1958]
300 $axvi, 511 pages$billustrations$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aIllustrates by representative selections of prose and poetry the artistic use of folklore by American authors.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 501-506).
505 00 $tThe Indian --$tDevil tales --$tGhost tales --$tWitchcraft and superstition --$tBuried treasure --$tFrontier humor and the tall tale --$tLiterary ballads --$tHeroes and demigods --$tYankees --$tNegro tales --$tFolk songs and ballads --$tFolk wisdom.
505 00 $gsection 1. The Indian:$tIndian names /$rLydia H. Sigourney ;$tThe white stone canoe /$rHenry Rowe Schoolcraft ;$tMon-daw-min, or, The origin of Indian corn /$rHenry Rowe Schoolcraft ;$tOpeechee, or, The origin of the robin /$rHenry Rowe Schoolcraft ;$tHiawatha and Mudjekeewis /$rHenry Wadsworth Longfellow ;$tOeche-Monesah : the wanderer /$rMary Eastman --$gsection 2. Devil tales:$tThe devil and Tom Walker /$rWashington Irving ;$tYoung Goodman Brown /$rNathaniel Hawthorne ;$tThe devil and Daniel Webster /$rStephen Vincent Benét ;$tHow Jack o'lanterns came to be /$rZora Neale Hurston ;$tThe devil's pretty daughter /$rVance Randolph --$gsection 3. Ghost tales:$tThe ghost in the mill /$rHarriet Beecher Stowe ;$tThe legend of Sleepy Hollow /$rWashington Irving ;$tPeter Rugg, the missing man /$rWilliam Austin ;$tThe witch of Coös /$rRobert Frost ;$tThe ghosts of the buffaloes /$rVachel Lindsay ;$tThe lavender evening dress /$rCarl Carmer --$gsection 4. Witchcraft and superstition:$tFeathertop /$rNathaniel Hawthorne ;$tThe scarecrow /$rPercy MacKaye ;$tNew Orleans superstitions /$rLafcadio Hearn ;$tPo' Sandy /$rCharles W. Chestnutt ;$tPete Featherton /$rJames Hall ;$tUnto such glory /$rPaul Green --$gsection 5. Buried treasure:$tThe gold-bug /$rEdgar Allan Poe ;$tThe great carbuncle /$rNathaniel Hawthorne ;$tMidas on a goatskin /$rJ. Frank Dobie --$gsection 6. Frontier humor and the tall tale:$tThe horse-swap /$rA.B. Longstreet ;$tFrescos from the past /$rSamuel L. Clemens ;$tThe celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County /$rSamuel L. Clemens ;$tThe big bear of Arkansas /$rT.B. Thorpe ;$tSicily Burns's wedding /$rGeorge W. Harris ;$tSimon Suggs attends a camp-meeting /$rJohnson J. Hooper ;$tSpotted horses /$rWilliam Faulkner ;$tThe cats that clawed to heaven /$rPercy MacKaye --$gsection 7. Literary ballads:$tThe wreck of the Hesperus /$rHenry Wadsworth Longfellow ;$tPaul Revere's ride /$rHenry Wadsworth Longfellow ;$tTelling the bees /$rJohn Greenleaf Whittier ;$tSkipper Ireson's ride /$rJohn Greenleaf Whittier ;$tBarbara Frietchie /$rJohn Greenleaf Whittier ;$tThe revenge of Hamish /$rSidney Lanier ;$tKit Carson's ride /$rJoaquin Miller ;$tCaptain Carpenter /$rJohn Crowe Ransom ;$tThe ballad of William Sycamore /$rStephen Vincent Benét ;$tThe lady of the tomahawk /$rRobert P. Tristam Coffin --$gsection 8. Heroes and demigods:$tSunrise in his pocket /$r[Davy Crockett] ;$tGrinning the bark off a tree /$r[Davy Crockett] ;$tThe winter of the blue snow /$rJames Stevens ;$tPaul's wife /$rRobert Frost ;$tThe birth of John Henry /$rRoark Bradford ;$tOssawatomie /$rCarl Sandburg ;$tThe statue of old Andrew Jackson /$rVachel Lindsay ;$tThe apple-barrel of Johnny Appleseed /$rVachel Lindsay ;$tBryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan /$rVachel Lindsay --$gsection 9. Yankees:$tThe courtin' /$rJames Russell Lowell ;$tSunthin' in the pastoral line /$rJames Russell Lowell ;$tThe paring-bee /$rRowland E. Robinson ;$tWadleigh's trial /$rSeba Smith ;$tEvenings at Simeon's store /$rGeorge S. Wasson --$gsection 10. Negro tales:$tUncle Remus initiates the little boy /$rJoel Chandler Harris ;$tThe wonderful Tar-Baby story /$rJoel Chandler Harris ;$tHow Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox /$rJoel Chandler Harris ;$tMr. Benjamin Ram and his wonderful fiddle /$rJoel Chandler Harris ;$tRev. Mizraim Ham's discourse /$rBaynard Rush Hall ;$tChristmas-night in the quarters /$rIrwin Russell ;$tA visit to Daddy Cudjoe /$rJulia Peterkin ;$tAt candle-lightin' time /$rPaul Laurence Dunbar ;$tThe party /$rPaul Laurence Dunbar ;$tOle Massa and John who wanted to go to heaven /$rZora Neale Hurston --$gsection 11. Folk songs and ballads:$tSpringfield Mountain ;$tPaul Jones ;$tYoung Charlotte ;$tNaomi Wise ;$tJesse James ;$tJoe Bowers ;$tThe buffalo skinners ;$tThe old Chisolm Trail ;$tThe jam on Gerry's Rock ;$tPo' Laz'us ;$tMister Boll Weevil ;$tThe good old rebel ;$tKentucky party /$rElizabeth Madox Roberts ;$tI hear America singing /$rWalt Whitman ;$tselections from Song of myself /$rWalt Whitman --$gsection 12. Folk wisdom:$tThe way to wealth /$rBenjamin Franklin ;$tPlantation proverbs /$rJoel Chandler Harris ;$tAbe Martin of Brown County /$rKin Hubbard ;$tThe people, yes (section 49) /$rCarl Sandburg.
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650 0 $aFolklore$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAmerican literature.
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650 7 $aFolklore.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00930306
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 7 $aAnthologie$2gnd
650 7 $aVolksliteratur$2gnd
651 7 $aUSA$2gnd
650 07 $aAnthologie.$2swd
651 7 $aUSA.$2swd
700 1 $aHudson, Arthur Palmer,$d1892-1978,$eeditor.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFlanagan, John Theodore, 1906-$tFolklore in American literature.$dEvanston, Ill., Row, Peterson [1958]$w(OCoLC)654427017
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