{"product_id":"9781604731613","title":"Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years many folklorists have denied the possibility of a truly American folk or fairy tale. They have argued that the tales found in the United States are watered-down derivatives of European fare. With this gathering, William Bernard McCarthy compiles evidence strongly to the contrary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e represents these tales as they have been told in the United States from Revolutionary days until the present. To capture this richness, tales are grouped in chapters that represent regional and ethnic groups, including Iberian, French, German, British, Irish, other European, African American, and Native American. These tales are drawn from published collections, journals, and archives, and from fieldwork by McCarthy and his colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreated along the nationalist model of the Brothers Grimm yet as diverse in its voices and themes as the nation it represents, \u003ci\u003eCinderella in America\u003c\/i\u003e shows these tales truly merit the designation American. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Bernard McCarthy is professor emeritus of English at Pennsylvania State University. His previous books are \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad Matrix: Personality, Milieu, and the Oral Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138646851824,"sku":"9781604731613","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604731613_p0.jpg?v=1763826902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604731613","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}