Australian Legendary Tales (Wordsworth Myth, Legend & Folklore S.) - Softcover

Parker, Langloh K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840225092 ISBN 13: 9781840225099

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Outside Australia, these are, perhaps, the best-known dreaming stories from the oral tradition of the Aboriginal People, whose rich spiritual life has fascinated anthropologists and collectors since the latter part of the 19th century. Andrew Lang, who wrote prefaces to the original editions, saw them as a unique collection of materials. Well over a century later, they continue to provide a moving glimpse into the Dreamtime world and its deep spirituality, for general readers and tellers of myth and story in many lands. This new English edition contains the original main text of two collections, "Australian Legendary Tales" (1986) and "More Australian Legendary Tales" (1989), transcribed and shaped by Mrs. Katherine Langloh Parker.

About this title

About the Author:

Catherine (Katie) Langloh Parker (1856 - 1940) was a writer who lived in Northern New South Wales in the late nineteenth century. She is best known for recording the stories of the Aboriginal people around her.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1840225092
• ISBN 13: 9781840225099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176