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Story: A Handbook
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October 1, 2007
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- Tucker, Libby
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Copyright informationCopyright New York Folklore Society Fall 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Story: A Handbook, by Jacqueline S. Thursby. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2006. 184 pages, introduction, photographs, glossary, web resources, index, $55.00 cloth.
All of us who love folk narratives should welcome the publication of Jacqueline S. Thursby's Story: A Handbook. This new Greenwood handbook presents an ambitious range of narrative material: oral, written, and printed stories from ancient times to the contemporary era, with special consideration of story forms in the digital age. Like other handbooks in Greenwood's series, this one targets an audience of undergraduate and high school students, as well as general readers. Written in a lively and engaging style, Story ...
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