The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore

Davey, Gwenda Beed & Seal, Graham [Editors]

ISBN 10: 0195530578 / ISBN 13: 9780195530575

Published by Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1993

About this Item

Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 381pages. Entries ranged from the descriptive [Gumleaf playing] to the analytical [popular culture and folklore]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Seller Inventory # 325764

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195530578
• ISBN 13: 9780195530575
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Aust-History

About this title

Synopsis

Folklore offers invaluable insights into a country's character, and Australia's sense of nationality owes much to the slang, stories, artefacts and games handed down by its people since the earliest times. This comprehensive guide to Australian folklore includes full-length articles on the construction and interpretation of a folk heritage. There are also entries on such topics as the Australia Legend, Koori languages, ANZAC Day, country music, Greek shadow puppetry, patchwork quilts, and gum leaf playing, and myths and heroes like Ned Kelly, Henry Lawson, Percy Grainger, "The Wild Colonial Boy", and "The Dog on the Tucker Box".

Product Description

381 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. One Of The Best Ways To Ascertain A Nation's Character Is To Examine Its Informal Or Unofficial Culture-its Folklore.