Popolvar may not be as well known as Rumpelstiltskin, or Brother
Birdie as well loved as the Ugly Duckling, but the folktales that
feature these characters are as rich in charm and piquancy as any
in the world.
This volume makes the Slovak folk tradition available to English
-language readers with fifty tales culled from the collections of
master folklorist Pavol Dobsinsky.
For the reader's delight, the translations preserve the poetic
qualities of the original tales: Slovak rhymes have been replaced
by English ones, puns have been repunned, proverbs have been
rendered with proverbial concision, and the flexible Slovak folk
idiom has been captured in colloquial English.
All of which is to say, the reader will enjoy these tales
immensely. And for those who wish to know more about Slovak
folktales, the volume includes commentaries, tale classifications,
an introduction to the Slovak tale tradition, and a concluding
essay on tale collection.
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