Jack in Two Worlds Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers

Name: Jack in Two Worlds Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers
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ISBN: 9780807844434

ISBN-10: 0807844438

ISBN-13: 9780807844434

Edition: 1994

Authors: Bill Ellis, Cheryl Oxford, Joseph D. Sobol, Bill Ellis, W. F. H. Nicolaisen

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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 Worldsis 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. The "two worlds" in the book's title refer to the Jack tales' popularity first among traditional Appalachian taletellers and now among storytelling revivalists. The tellers included in this volume represent both worlds. Unlike previous collections of Jack tales, in which the stories were heavily revised and rewritten, the tales in this volume have been…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 7/30/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: Jacks: The Name, the Tales, the American Traditions



Note on the Texts: Transcribing Jack Tales in Performance




Jack in the Raw: Ray Hicks



Hardy Hard-Ass




Jack, My Father, and Uncle Ray: Frank Proffitt, Jr.



Jack and the Old Rich Man




The Storyteller as Curator: Marshall Ward



Jack in the Lions' Den




The Gentry-Long Tradition and Roots of Revivalism: Maud Gentry Long



Jack and the Heifer Hide




The Teller and the Tale: Storytelling on Beech Mountain




The Tellers and the Tales: Revivalist Storytelling




What Jack Learned at School: Leonard Roberts



Raglif Jaglif Tetartlif Pole




Between Worlds: Donald Davis



Jack's Biggest Tale




A Jack Tale Tradition in Pennsylvania's Northern Tier: Bonelyn Lugg Kyofski



Grandma Hess's Story about Jack, Bill, and Tom




Jack's Adventure in Toronto: Stewart Cameron



Jack and the Three Feathers



References


Index: Tale and Song


Index: Place and Name


Index: Subject