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Authors: Karen E. Beardslee
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In this provocative study of eight novels, Karen E. Beardslee asserts that American writers often engage with folk traditions as a necessary part of their chara
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Authors: Linda Watts
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Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of Am
Encyclopedia of American Literature
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Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation
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Before the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected, studied, and wrote about African American folklore. Like Hur
History and Hope in American Literature
Language: en
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Authors: Benjamin Railton
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Throughout history, creative writers have often tackled topical subjects as a means to engage and influence public discourse. American authors—those born in t