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These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset's "Negro Folk Tales from the South" (1927), Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African American folktales ever published in American literary history. Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive.The Annotated African American Folktales includes:

752 pages
Hardcover
Contains approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images

 
Brand:W.W. NortonSKU:131066Tags:AFRICAN AMERICAN, AMERICANA, Author_Artist_Dsgnr:HENRY LOUIS GATES JR., Author_Artist_Dsgnr:MARIA TATAR, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BLACK WRITERS, BrandName:W.W. Norton, Class:LITERATURE, SubClass1:FICTION