Collectors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries unearthed a wealth of stories from around the world and published them in English translations for the delight of general readers, young and old. Most of these anthologies have been long out of print. The ABC-CLIO Classic Folk and Fairy Tales series brings back to life these key anthologies of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery. Each volume provides a freshly typeset but otherwise virtually unaltered edition of a classic work and each is enhanced by an authoritative introduction by a top scholar. These insightful essays discuss the significance of the collection and its original collector; the original collector’s methodology and translation practices; and the original period context according to region or genre.
To commemorate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights, Yamanaka and Nishio marry Western and Japanese perspectives to analyze the rich cross-cultural fertilization that ensued. Arabian Nights and Orientalism examines narrative motifs, and relates them to other cultures, traditions, and forms of representation. The authors place the tales in a whole range of new contexts, from 19th century British feminism to ancient Greek romance. This lavishly illustrated book explores the interplay between image and text in various editions, and sheds new light on the tales' origin in the Persian professional storytelling tradition. Robert Irwin's foreword offers an overview of critical responses to The Arabian Nights, which highlights the originality of this volume.
Ted Hughes translations from Ovid's Metamorphoses in Audio. This is not the entire Tales from Ovid as published in book form. I first heard about Ted Hughes and his translation of Echo and Narcissus story from Daniel Robinson in TTC - Greek Legacy course lecture 1.
Text for Echo and Narcissus
http://rapidshare.com/files/141944235/Echo_and_Narcissus.rar.html
Text for Pygmalion
http://rapidshare.com/files/143412672/Pygmalion.rar.html
Medical students are overloaded with work, deprived of sleep and normal human contact, drilled and tested and scheduled down to the last minute. Difficult as the regimen may be, for those who don't fit the traditional mold--white, male, middle-to-upper class, and heterosexual--medical school can be that much more harrowing. This riveting book tells the tales of a new generation of medical students--students whose varied backgrounds are far from traditional.
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Beaver Ed's Beaver Tales is the silliest, funniest, happiest, craziest, most awesome word game you'll ever play. Play by yourself or with a bunch of friends! It's guaranteed fun and great laughs from start to finish.
