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S'està carregant… Paul Bunyan, last of the frontier demigods (1952)de Daniel Hoffman
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Paul Bunyan is the giant of American folklore, so huge that several states claim him as their ownsome say he was born in Michigan, others claim Minnesota, still others, Maine. Daniel Hoffman's Paul Bunyan shows that the hero's origins are more surprising still. More than another recounting of Paul Bunyan's adventures, this book is a classic of American folklore. First published in 1949, this new edition traces the clues of origin to turn-of-the-century logging camps, to the sparse record of actual folktales, and then to the ways these yarns were repeated, revised, simplified, or distorted. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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This has been a genuine question for most of the last century. The term "fakelore" was specifically coined to apply to him. The first recorded Bunyan legend, the tale of the "Round River Drive," is unquestionably not of folk origin. He was popularized by a writer for a lumber company. James Stevens, one of his first popularizers, made up much of his material and transferred most of the rest from other characters -- and then claimed a degree of research he never did.
So, yep, all those tall tales you've heard are fakelore.
But is it all fake? Or is there something behind it all?
If you want to look into the answer, this is the book. It traces the history of the Bunyan legend, and examines the popularizers, and looks into what is folk and what is faux. It's mostly faux. But some... well, read the book. (