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If 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. "This is a fine, homely feast, immediately intelligble. . . ."—*Times Educational Supplement * ". . . should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories."—*Choice * "This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man's attempts to comprehend his world."—*Quartet * " Folktales of England 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, *Journal of American Folklore * **

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Author

Katharine Mary Briggs; Ruth L Tongue; Richard M Dorson

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, 1968

Published

1968

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226074931

Category

history

Subjects

History, Science, Folklore

Rating

4.8 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14