{"product_id":"jack-in-two-worlds-contemporary-north-american-tales-and-their-tellers-9780807844434","title":"Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers","description":"The \"Jack\" known to all of us from \"Jack and the Beanstalk\" is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. \u003ci\u003eJack in Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique collection that brings together eight of these stories as transcribed from actual performances by tellers and eight interpretive essays by leading folktale scholars. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"two worlds\" in the book's title refer to the Jack tales' popularity first among traditional Appalachian taletellers and now among storytelling revivalists. The tellers included in this volume represent both worlds. Unlike previous collections of Jack tales, in which the stories were heavily revised and rewritten, the tales in this volume have been transcribed verbatim and are presented in a format that preserves much of the oral quality of the taletellers' craft. The result is a body of richly nuanced tales that can be read with pleasure both by scholars who are studying the Jack tale tradition and by general readers who love a good story. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe taletellers are Stewart Cameron, Donald Davis, Ray Hicks, Bonelyn Lugg Kyofski, Maud Long, Frank Proffitt, Jr., Leonard Roberts, and Marshall Ward. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essayists are Bill Ellis, Carl Lindahl, William Bernard McCarthy, W. F. H. Nicolaisen, Cheryl Oxford, Joseph Daniel Sobol, Kay Stone, Ruth Stotter, and Kenneth A. Thigpen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.30w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807844434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1994 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCarthy, William B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William Bernard McCarthy, professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, DuBois Campus, is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad Matrix: Personality, Milieu, and the Oral Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161628749939,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7c2f9fb4-51a8-4588-8281-24592f716796.jpg?v=1654955463","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/jack-in-two-worlds-contemporary-north-american-tales-and-their-tellers-9780807844434","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}