The Annotated African American Folktales
These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.
Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume.
Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive.
The Annotated African American Folktales includes:
Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background
The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s' Southern Workman
An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon
Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images
color throughout; 160 illustrations
These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.
Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume.
Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive.
The Annotated African American Folktales includes:
Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background
The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s' Southern Workman
An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon
Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images
color throughout; 160 illustrations
These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.
Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume.
Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive.
The Annotated African American Folktales includes:
Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background
The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s' Southern Workman
An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon
Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images
color throughout; 160 illustrations
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