Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat: Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition

by Martin Lovelace, Anita Best, Pauline Greenhill

Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat showcases the stories of two Newfoundland storytellers, Philip Pius Power and Alice Lannon. Ethnopoetic transcriptions of these sensitive and artful tales, which have been passed on orally for generations as part of a community tradition, give accounts of living oral performances from the last quarter of the twentieth century and demonstrate the artistry that is possible without the written word.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607329190
• ISBN13: 9781607329190
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5