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A carregar... Tales with a Texas Twist: Original Stories and Enduring Folklore from the Lone Star Statepor Donna Ingham
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. For the most part, I enjoyed the stories in this book. It was a nice collection of stories I had heard while growing up in Texas, with a few stories that were new to me thrown in. However, I have one major problem with this book: I strongly resent the implication that for a Texan to understand Greek mythology, it needs to be "Texanized." I had no problems understanding the stories as Bullfinch or Hamilton told them. That said, I was amused that Persephone only had to spend 3 months a year in the underworld in Ingham's "Texanized" version, versus 6 months in Bullfinch's version. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Storytelling is both an art form and a means of passing on significant elements of a culture--the history, the traditions, the humor, the pathos. It is a way of entertaining and being entertained. With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as: >"The Coming of the Bluebonnet"--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flower>"The Story Behind the Story"--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove">"The Life and Times of Pecos Bill"--a selection of tales about this legendary folk hero>"Diamond Bill"--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil War>"Cupid Was a Mama's Boy"--a Texanized classic Greek myth >And much more Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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