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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 5: dialect writers (search)
which he is the mouthpiece. These tales mark indeed the beginning of the scientific study of negro folk-lore in America. The author had, however, no ethnological purpose in publishing the Uncle Remus stories, and was greatly surprised to learn afterwards that variants of some of his tales had been found among the Indians of North and South America, and in the native literature of India and Siam. Variants of the Tar-Baby story, for example, have been found among the Natchez, Creek, and Yuchi Indians; Journal of American Folk-Lore, July-Sept., 1913, p. 194. among the West Indian islanders; Andrew Lang's At the sign of the Ship (Longman's Magazine, Feb., 1889). in Brazil; Romero's Contos do Brazil. in Cape Colony South African Folk-Lore Journal, vol. I.; among the Bushmen of South Africa; James A. Honey's South African Folk-Tales (1910), p. 79. along the lower Congo; The sun, New York, 17 March, 1912. in West Central Africa; The times, New York, 24 Aug., 1913. among the