This volume is about North American Marchen, a vernacular art
form that is often strangely ignored or misconstrued. At the same
time, the vitality and appeal of the genre are evidenced by its
persistent presentation as written literature. The essays in this
volume reexamine common assumptions about "magic" tales and their
tellers, reconsidering the performance, collection, transcription,
publication, and interpretation of narratives that continue to live
orally especially in the private realm as one mechanism of
intergenerational communication or as a symbolic expression of
worldview.
In addition to four interpretive essays, six segments focus on
storytellers and their transcribed narratives, accompanied by
introductions that place them in context. Some segments compare
editing practices or narrative styles; others represent the first
publication of contemporary narratives or tales that have long lain
in archives, unheard and unavailable. All attest to the skill of
the tellers and the artistry of their creations."
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