Author: James A. Honey
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
South-African Folk-Tales
Author: James A. Honey
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
Native Fairy Tales of South Africa
Author: Ethel L. McPherson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Fictional 100
Author: Lucy Pollard-Gott, PhD
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440154406
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Some of the most influential and interesting people in the world are fictional. Sherlock Holmes, Huck Finn, Pinocchio, Anna Karenina, Genji, and Superman, to name a few, may not have walked the Earth (or flown, in Superman's case), but they certainly stride through our lives. They influence us personally: as childhood friends, catalysts to our dreams, or even fantasy lovers. Peruvian author and presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa, for one, confessed to a lifelong passion for Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Characters can change the world. Witness the impact of Solzhenitsyn's Ivan Denisovich, in exposing the conditions of the Soviet Gulag, or Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom, in arousing anti-slavery feeling in America. Words such as quixotic, oedipal, and herculean show how fictional characters permeate our language. This list of the Fictional 100 ranks the most influential fictional persons in world literature and legend, from all time periods and from all over the world, ranging from Shakespeare's Hamlet [1] to Toni Morrison's Beloved [100]. By tracing characters' varied incarnations in literature, art, music, and film, we gain a sense of their shape-shifting potential in the culture at large. Although not of flesh and blood, fictional characters have a life and history of their own. Meet these diverse and fascinating people. From the brash Hercules to the troubled Holden Caulfield, from the menacing plots of Medea to the misguided schemes of Don Quixote, The Fictional 100 runs the gamut of heroes and villains, young and old, saints and sinners. Ponder them, fall in love with them, learn from their stories the varieties of human experience--let them live in you.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440154406
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Some of the most influential and interesting people in the world are fictional. Sherlock Holmes, Huck Finn, Pinocchio, Anna Karenina, Genji, and Superman, to name a few, may not have walked the Earth (or flown, in Superman's case), but they certainly stride through our lives. They influence us personally: as childhood friends, catalysts to our dreams, or even fantasy lovers. Peruvian author and presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa, for one, confessed to a lifelong passion for Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Characters can change the world. Witness the impact of Solzhenitsyn's Ivan Denisovich, in exposing the conditions of the Soviet Gulag, or Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom, in arousing anti-slavery feeling in America. Words such as quixotic, oedipal, and herculean show how fictional characters permeate our language. This list of the Fictional 100 ranks the most influential fictional persons in world literature and legend, from all time periods and from all over the world, ranging from Shakespeare's Hamlet [1] to Toni Morrison's Beloved [100]. By tracing characters' varied incarnations in literature, art, music, and film, we gain a sense of their shape-shifting potential in the culture at large. Although not of flesh and blood, fictional characters have a life and history of their own. Meet these diverse and fascinating people. From the brash Hercules to the troubled Holden Caulfield, from the menacing plots of Medea to the misguided schemes of Don Quixote, The Fictional 100 runs the gamut of heroes and villains, young and old, saints and sinners. Ponder them, fall in love with them, learn from their stories the varieties of human experience--let them live in you.
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
Author: Elphinstone Dayrell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395539637
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395539637
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
South-African Folk-tales
Author: James A. Honeÿ
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Famous South African Folk Tales
Author:
Publisher: Human & Rosseau
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of fifty-four folk tales from South Africa including Cape Malay, San, Khoikhoi, and Afrikaan tales.
Publisher: Human & Rosseau
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of fifty-four folk tales from South Africa including Cape Malay, San, Khoikhoi, and Afrikaan tales.
West African Folk Tales
Author: Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."
African Folktales
Author: Roger Abrahams
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0307803198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0307803198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Author: Nelson Mandela
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393052125
Category : Folk tales of the world
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected 32 African stories for this extraordinary new book, an anthology that presents Africa's oldest folk tales to the children of the world. Full color.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393052125
Category : Folk tales of the world
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected 32 African stories for this extraordinary new book, an anthology that presents Africa's oldest folk tales to the children of the world. Full color.
Old Hendrik's Tales
Author: Arthur Owen Vaughan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Old Hendrik's Tales is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Arthur Owen Vaughan is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Arthur Owen Vaughan then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Old Hendrik's Tales is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Arthur Owen Vaughan is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Arthur Owen Vaughan then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.