Donald Haase is chair of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and editor of Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies.

[T]his volume reprints two collections . . . that were instrumental in spreading awareness of English oral folk tales throughout England and beyond . . . introductory essay provides a useful analysis of the 19th-century context of folklore studies and of the cultural, socioeconomic, and political aspects of this literature, which is relevant to both children and scholars. Recommended for all collections.

Donald Haase is chair of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and editor of Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies.

[T]his volume reprints two collections . . . that were instrumental in spreading awareness of English oral folk tales throughout England and beyond . . . introductory essay provides a useful analysis of the 19th-century context of folklore studies and of the cultural, socioeconomic, and political aspects of this literature, which is relevant to both children and scholars. Recommended for all collections.

Donald Haase is chair of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and editor of Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies.

[T]his volume reprints two collections . . . that were instrumental in spreading awareness of English oral folk tales throughout England and beyond . . . introductory essay provides a useful analysis of the 19th-century context of folklore studies and of the cultural, socioeconomic, and political aspects of this literature, which is relevant to both children and scholars. Recommended for all collections.