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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 0393323587ISBN 13: 9780393323580
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hickman, Randy (illustrator). First Printing. 525 Pages Indexed. White cover with multicolored spine letteringand cover has a multicolored, comic-book style illustration. Tight bright book with faultless interior. Illustrated throughout with cartoon -like drawings. We all know those stories that are too bizarre to be true --- roasted babies, vanishing hitchhikers, scuba divers in trees ---but have you heard about the ice man or the bullet baby? This comprehensive and compellingly readable reference work will answer all your urban legend questions, offering alphabetical entries on every aspect of the subject, including descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, legend themes, and scholarly approaches to the genre. Each entry is cross-referenced and features a short bibliography. Jan Harold Brunvand includes urban legends from English-speaking countries as well as those from any country in which studies of urban legends are available. Because urban legends are examples of modern folk narrative, Brunvand includes entries that explain how to collect, classify, and analyze texts and performances. He traces the evolution of the legends and their connections to other fields --- film, literature, comic books, music, and other areas of popular culture. Particular attention is paid to the Internet and how the computer has speeded up dissemination of urban legends in a way unimaginable a few years ago. Large heavy book that may incur additional shipping costs to some locations.
Published by W. W. Norton, 2001
ISBN 10: 0393323587ISBN 13: 9780393323580
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Very large, thick heavy softcover, glossy wrappers with colorful illustration of ghoulish figure and car at night gas station in white frame, colorful back wrapper in pink, shades of blue, yellow and white, 525 pages. Mint.