An Annotated Bibliography: The History Of Jack The Giant Killer
An Annotated Bibliography on Jack the Giant Killer
Lang, Andrew. "The History of Jack the Giant-Killer." Blue Fairy Book, 1/1/1889, pp. 233-237.
EBSCOhost, Folk and Fairy Tales. The folklore story is about Jack, a young man of small stature who manages to destroy giants in his quest. The tale takes place during the reign of the famous King Arthur. Jack uses his trickery and intelligence to outsmart the giants. In the end, Jack is able to break the curse set by the giant Galligantus and the vile magician; news of his adventures breaks throughout the land and he finally marries the king’s daughter.
"Andrew Lang." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, Gale, 2002.
Biography in Context. This article explores the life, literary …show more content…
359- 362. EBSCOhost, Folk and Fairy Tales. Myer explores the origins and development of folklore music, poetry, and ballads from the 17th century until present day. The term “folklore” was invented by W. J. Thoms in 1846 but most producers of folklore arts avoided using the term to describe their works up to the late 1800s. Most of the ballads, folk songs, and tales that exist nowadays were originally created in the 17th century and were further revised during the 18th and 19th centuries to suit specific audiences and themes. Narrative forms of folklore are international with most folktales existing in many languages with most English folklore having German, French and Arab …show more content…
24, no. 4, Summer2012, pp. 687-710. EBSCOhost, Folk and Fairy Tales. This article analyses the writing of the novel Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett by examining its elements of love, literacy, character and Plebian culture. The protagonist in this story is Roderick, a Scottish young man born into poverty, but uses his intelligence and knowledge to finally earn wealth and elevation similar to Jack in the Jack the Giant Killer story. The article explores the differences in the model of division between the British and the Scottish societies during the eighteenth century, where the Scottish believed that people were divided into two parts, for example, high and low whereas the British believed in a three-part social division of high, medium and low classes. Thorn states that Orwell praises Jack not only for his plebian virtues such as cunning, wit, and miraculous achievement of status and wealth but as an emblem of British
Lang, Andrew. "The History of Jack the Giant-Killer." Blue Fairy Book, 1/1/1889, pp. 233-237.
EBSCOhost, Folk and Fairy Tales. The folklore story is about Jack, a young man of small stature who manages to destroy giants in his quest. The tale takes place during the reign of the famous King Arthur. Jack uses his trickery and intelligence to outsmart the giants. In the end, Jack is able to break the curse set by the giant Galligantus and the vile magician; news of his adventures breaks throughout the land and he finally marries the king’s daughter.
"Andrew Lang." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, Gale, 2002.
Biography in Context. This article explores the life, literary …show more content…
359- 362. EBSCOhost, Folk and Fairy Tales. Myer explores the origins and development of folklore music, poetry, and ballads from the 17th century until present day. The term “folklore” was invented by W. J. Thoms in 1846 but most producers of folklore arts avoided using the term to describe their works up to the late 1800s. Most of the ballads, folk songs, and tales that exist nowadays were originally created in the 17th century and were further revised during the 18th and 19th centuries to suit specific audiences and themes. Narrative forms of folklore are international with most folktales existing in many languages with most English folklore having German, French and Arab …show more content…
24, no. 4, Summer2012, pp. 687-710. EBSCOhost, Folk and Fairy Tales. This article analyses the writing of the novel Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett by examining its elements of love, literacy, character and Plebian culture. The protagonist in this story is Roderick, a Scottish young man born into poverty, but uses his intelligence and knowledge to finally earn wealth and elevation similar to Jack in the Jack the Giant Killer story. The article explores the differences in the model of division between the British and the Scottish societies during the eighteenth century, where the Scottish believed that people were divided into two parts, for example, high and low whereas the British believed in a three-part social division of high, medium and low classes. Thorn states that Orwell praises Jack not only for his plebian virtues such as cunning, wit, and miraculous achievement of status and wealth but as an emblem of British