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Bezig met laden... American Tall Tales (Puffin Books)door Adrien Stoutenburg
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Blake really enjoyed the silliness of some of these tall tales. This collection included some characters I have never heard of, as well as some new adventures for familiar characters. Overall it was a well done compilation and fun introduction to tall tales. ( ) Adrian Stoutenburg’s “Hammerman” (in American Tall Tales) attempts to “shorten the height” (so to speak) of the tall tale that is the John Henry legend. In Stoutenburg’s version, John Henry is very much a “real” human being, whose character traits are accentuated, rather than caricatured: Stoutenburg explains that John Henry wasn’t really born with a hammer in his hand, but that he reached for a hammer immediately after his birth. Throughout “Hammerman,” Stoutenburg humanizes the John Henry myth by emphasizing the heroic struggle at the heart of the story: man and his dignified strength versus the cold, unfeeling machine that would replace him. Even the last few lines of Stoutenburg’s John Henry tale (“They say, if John Henry were alive today, he could beat almost every other kind of machine, too. Maybe so. At least John Henry would die trying.”) illustrate that John Henry wasn’t “larger than life” – in fact, his heroism came from the fact that he did die trying to fight the oncoming technology that would change the world. Stoutenburg’s book is a little more sophisticated in its writing style than most retellings of American tall tales, but it is refreshing to hear a more “truthful” account of stories that traditionally bury the truth under mounds of hyperbole. Citation: Stoutenburg, Adrien, and Richard M. Powers. "Hammerman/John Henry." American Tall Tales. New York: Viking, 1966. 88-100. Print. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Features eight American folk heroes: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Stormalong, Mike Fink, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and Joe Magarac. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)398.220973Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature Legendary or mythological personsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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