Fairy tales of Appalachia / edited by Stacy Sivinski ; photographs by Jamie Sivinski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sivinski, Stacy, editor.

Sivinski, Jamie, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Appalachian Region.

Folklore.

Fairy tales--Appalachian Region.

Fairy tales.

Appalachians (People)--Folklore.

Appalachians (People).

Humorous stories, American--Appalachian Region.

Humorous stories, American.

Appalachian Region.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xii, 223 pages illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This new collection of fairy tales, drawn from the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University and the special collections at Berea College, celebrates a lively current of storytelling going back centuries in Appalachia. The volume's editor, Stacy Sivinski, has written an introduction contextualizing the regional oral tradition that produced these adaptations and retellings of well-known tales. She explains what makes the stories distinctively Appalachian, and, indeed, readers will find traces of "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Snow White," all with a distinctly Appalachian flavor. The brave and clever women characters, so strong in Sivinski's selection, are given additional emphasis in specially commissioned photographs by local artist Jamie Sivinski. In contrast to a previous era of skeptical folklore criticism, this volume encourages readers to enter the fairy tale with a sense of wonder that is not less contemporary for being fantastic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. White Bear Whittington

Two. The Cat and the Clever Daughter

Three. Johnas and the Giant's Daughter

Four. The Little Princess of the Forest

Five. One Eyed, Two Eyed, Three Eyed

Six. Toads and Diamonds

Seven. Raw Head and Bloody Bones

Eight. The Old Feather Goose

Nine. Gold in the Chimney

Ten. The Diamond Axe

Eleven. The Old Changer Man

Twelve. Nine Cat Tails

Thirteen. Green Land

Fourteen. The King with Seven Sons

Fifteen. Pocketbook, Ring, and Rusty Fork

Sixteen. Merry wise

Seventeen. Nippy

Eighteen. Old Bear and Little Squirrel

Nineteen. The Musicians of Bremen Town

Twenty. The Lazy Terrapin

Twenty-One. The Old Woman and the Green Gourd

Twenty-Two. The Hare Bride

Twenty-Three. Donkeyskin

Twenty-Four. The Woman with the Lantern

Twenty-Five. Silver Tree

Twenty-Six. Little Rotten Pear

Twenty-Seven. Three Yarn Balls

Twenty-Eight. Candy Doll

Twenty-Nine. The Little Girl and the Giant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fairy tales of Appalachia

ISBN:

9781621907626

1621907627

OCLC:

1333921432