LEADER 03290nam 2200505 450 001 9910794939303321 005 20230809234403.0 010 $a0-252-09969-9 035 $a(CKB)4340000000202466 035 $a(OCoLC)995016687 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59655 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5043071 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000202466 100 $a20171012h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMy curious and jocular heroes $etales and tale-spinners from Appalachia /$fLoyal Jones 210 1$aUrbana, [Illinois] ;$aChicago, [Illinois] ;$aSpringfield, [Illinois] :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 311 $a0-252-08267-2 311 $a0-252-04113-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"With this book, Jones introduces to new generations four scholars of Appalachian folkways who made major contributions to the arts, culture, and values of the Appalachian people. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, born in North Carolina, collected ballads, songs, tunes, and stories--before there were tape recorders--by committing them all to memory and later recording his "memory collection" for Columbia University (1935) and the Library of Congress (1949). Josiah H. Combs, a Kentuckian who got a doctorate at the Sorbonne, taught languages, collected stories and songs, gave ballad recitals, was an authority on Kentucky mountain speech, and was a great raconteur. Cratis D. Williams, another Kentuckian, was the father of Appalachian studies based on his massive dissertation, The Southern Mountaineer in Fact and Fiction. He was a scholar and teacher, a singer of the old ballads, and teller of folk tales. He became Jones's treasured mentor. And the master storyteller Leonard W. Roberts, also born in Kentucky, was a pioneer collector and publisher of Old World folktales, riddles, ballads, and lyric songs, too. Beyond mere biography, this book introduces the reader to some of the lore preserved and performed by Lunsford, Combs, Williams, and Roberts throughout their lives. The end of each biographical chapter is filled with collected stories, songs, and jokes representing the breadth of each man's research and repertoire. With "My Curious and Jocular Heroes," Jones provides not only the historical and cultural contexts of the lives of four of his personal heroes, but also brings together significant texts and music from Appalachian folklore in order to make a contribution to the field of Appalachian studies"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFolklore$zAppalachian Region 606 $aTales$zAppalachian Region 606 $aFolk music$zAppalachian Region 606 $aStorytelling$zAppalachian Region 615 0$aFolklore 615 0$aTales 615 0$aFolk music 615 0$aStorytelling 676 $a398.20974 686 $aSOC026020$aBIO002000$aMUS010000$2bisacsh 700 $aJones$b Loyal$f1928-$01485476 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794939303321 996 $aMy curious and jocular heroes$93736757 997 $aUNINA