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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 6.1
""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly""A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection."" -- Volkskunde""An invaluable aid to students and scholars... "" -- Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 1
"This monumental work has now become . . . the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." —Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." —Volkskunde"An invaluable aid to students and scholars . . . " —Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 2
"This monumental work has now become . . . the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." —Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." —Volkskunde"An invaluable aid to students and scholars . . . " —Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 3
"This monumental work has now become . . . the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." —Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." —Volkskunde"An invaluable aid to students and scholars . . . " —Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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Folktale
"Thompson believed the folktale to be an important and living art, underlying all literary narrative forms. Most of all he wanted to acquaint readers with most of the great folktales of the world, not only for their own interest as stories, but as elements of culture. He writes about the nature and form of the folktale, gives an account of tales from Ireland to India, devotes a special section to the North American Indian tales and myths, and another to the methods of collecting, classifying, studying folktales as a living art. He found them rich and varied sources of entertainment and wisdom. So much is to be found in them, he said, that the talents of literary critics, historians, anthropologists, psychologists, linguists are all necessary. Study of the folktale involved 'more talents than one man can easily possess. Stith Thompson came close to possessing them." (Los Angeles Times). "Thompson's work in their field has shaped the study of this form of literature for the past three decades. In this classic work Thompson discusses a wide range of story motifs and retells their basic patterns.His classifications and descriptions of the huge mass of folk literature are extremely enjoyable reading. He also discusses the background to his own study of the folktale. He includes an index to tale types classified according to the main story motifs which can be used for reference. This outstanding book is very highly recommended as fascinating reading." (Kliatt Paperback Book Guide). "The Folktale will appeal to a wide public: the student of sociology of literature, the professor of comparative literature, the general reader interested in folklore. Thompson's book is a scholarly masterpiece." (Studies in Short Fiction).
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 6.2
""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly""A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection."" -- Volkskunde""An invaluable aid to students and scholars... "" -- Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 5
"This monumental work has now become . . . the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." —Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." —Volkskunde"An invaluable aid to students and scholars . . . " —Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 4
"This monumental work has now become . . . the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." —Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." —Volkskunde"An invaluable aid to students and scholars . . . " —Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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One Hundred Favorite Folktales
Amongst the one hundred folktales are such familiar tales as The Three Billy-Goats Gruff, Haensel and Gretel, Sleeping Beuaty, and some perhaps not so familiar, The Magic Bird, The Goose Girl, and The Pancake."If you can buy only one fairytale book a year, buy this. Why? Because the chooser knows more about the folktales of all countries than anyone else in the world, and the choice is the flower of the flock." —New York Times Book Review"Just relax and enjoy these delightful tales from all over the world—or better yet, read them aloud to some of your favorite children." —Quartet"Should remain the standard tale anthology in English for years to come." —Folklore Forum
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Tales of the North American Indians
"It is still, and probably will long remain, the most authentic and scholarly collection of Indian mythical tales." —Frances Lee UtleyA classic collection of Indian myths and legends; mythological, hero and trickster tales; tales of magic and enchantment; many more.
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Barn
'Haunting . . . The writing is often breathtaking, brutality amplified through perfectly crafted prose.' The Times'Extraordinary . . . Serious history and skillful journalism, but with the nuance and wallop of a finely wrought novel.' Washington Post'With a passion for truth and justice, and a fierce determination to dig for the secrets, Wright Thompson has produced an incredible history of a crime that changed America.' John GrishamHow forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta to bring about the most consequential murder in US history.Emmett Till’s murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that, more than any other, awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from where it happened, Wright Thompson knew nothing of it until he left Mississippi. This is no accident: the cover-up began at once, and it is ongoing.Over the course of five years’ research, Thompson has learnt that almost every part of the standard account of Till’s killing is wrong. In August 1955, after the two men charged with the murder were acquitted by an all-white jury, they gave a false confession to a journalist: one that was misleading about where the murder took place and who was involved. We now know that at least eight people were present, and many more complicit. And we now know precisely where it took place: inside a barn on a 36-square-mile grid called Township 22 North, Range 4 West.This book tells the story of that barn. It is the story of what really happened on the night of August 28, 1955, and of the individuals who have spent decades bringing the truth to light. And it is the story of the centuries-old forces that made that night inevitable: forces that, over the course of 200 years, transformed Township 22 North, Range 4 West from Choctaw land, to a slave plantation, to a sharecropper’s farm, to the site of the most significant murder in US history.The result is a revelatory work of investigative reportage and a panoramic new history of white supremacy in America. It maps the road that the US – and the world – must travel to heal its oldest, deepest wound.
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Real life, a Dream and a Tall Tale
In this collection of five short stories, three of which are events that happened in the author's life. A near death experience in "18 and Life." Three childern an unlocked car and a unexpected joyride in "Summer of '69." That first kiss in 'First Kiss." A park bench, a tree lined gravel path, a young boy all alone in the night and something evil hiding in the trees in "Scream Wolf" a dream Steve had when he was eight years old that he has never forgotten. A fishing boat, a young girl, love and murder in Steve's first short fiction story "Pearl"
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Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
In 1971, the outlandish originator of gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) commandeered the international literary limelight with his best-selling, comic masterpiece Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Following his 1966 debut Hell's Angels, Thompson displayed an uncanny flair for inserting himself into the epicenter of major sociopolitical events of our generation. His audacious, satirical, ranting screeds on American culture have been widely read and admired. Whether in books, essays, or collections of his correspondence, his raging and incisive voice and writing style are unmistakable. Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson is the first compilation of selected personal interviews that traces the trajectory of his prolific and much-publicized career. These engaging exchanges reveal Thompson's determination, self-indulgence, energy, outrageous wit, ire, and passions as he discusses his life and work. Beef Torrey is the editor of Conversations with Thomas McGuane and co-editor of the forthcoming Jim Harrison: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Kevin Simonson has been published in SPIN, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, and Hustler.
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Things to Put Away
John Thompson was part of the vibrant postmodern New York literary scene of the nineteen fifties, sixties and seventies. That scene was famously fueled by love, liquor, food and parties, but most of all by ideas, by words, serious and witty, spoken and written. Thompson's only novel, never published in his lifetime, tells the poignant yet humorous tale of a young boy in the Middle West in the 1920s. Each of the six chapters is written in a different voice, creating a powerful literary mosaic of a boy's experience of tragic loss. In the author's words, the stories in this semi-autobiographical novel, "design no more but to give a few glimpses of how some things used to be a long time ago, fictitious things, when the curtain of forgetfulness was falling as it must over our childhood."
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Most Stirring and Significant Episode
When Atlanta enacted prohibition in 1885, it was the largest city in the United States to do so. A Most Stirring and Significant Episode examines the rise of temperance sentiment among freed African Americans that made this vote possible—as well as the forces that resulted in its 1887 reversal well before the 18th Amendment to the Constitution created a national prohibition in 1919.H. Paul Thompson Jr.'s research also sheds light on the profoundly religious nature of African American involvement in the temperance movement. Contrary to the prevalent depiction of that movement as being one predominantly led by white, female activists like Carrie Nation, Thompson reveals here that African Americans were central to the rise of prohibition in the south during the 1880s. As such, A Most Stirring and Significant Episode offers a new take on the proliferation of prohibition and will not only speak to scholars of prohibition in the US and beyond, but also to historians of religion and the African American experience.
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Hunter S. Thompson
A decade after Hunter S. Thompson’s death, his books—including Hell’s Angels, The Curse of Lono, The Great Shark Hunt, and Rum Diary—continue to sell thousands of copies each year, and previously unpublished manuscripts of his still surface for publication. While Thompson never claimed to be a great writer, he did invent a new literary style—“gonzo”—that has been widely influential on both literature and journalism. Though Thompson and his work engendered a significant—even rabid—following, relatively little analysis has been published about his writing.In Hunter S. Thompson: Fear, Loathing, and the Birth of Gonzo, Kevin T. McEneaney examines the intellectual background of this American original, providing biographical details and placing Thompson within a larger social and historical context. A significant portion of this book is devoted to the creation, reception, and legacy of his most important works, particularly Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In addition to discussing influences on Thompson's work—including Homer, Nietzsche, Spengler, Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Kerouac, and others—as well as the writers Thompson influenced, McEneaney also explains the literary origins of gonzo.With new biographical information about Thompson and an examination of his writing techniques, this book provides readers with a better understanding of the journalist and novelist. A look beyond the larger-than-life public persona, Hunter S. Thompson: Fear, Loathing, and the Birth of Gonzo will be of great interest to fans of Thompson’s work as well as to those wanting to know more about gonzo journalism and literature.
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