The author of such delights as The Christmas Ark and The Enchanted Tapestry joins forces with illustrator Pinkney to resurrect a colorful folktale that captures the unique flavor of the American South. A 1989 Caldecott Honor Book.

罗伯特·D.圣·苏西（Robert D. San Souci） 美国著名说书人，毕业于圣玛丽大学。由他改写创作的民间故事作品包括《会说话的蛋》和《忠诚的朋友》（The Faithful Friend），均获得了凯迪克银牌奖。他与杰瑞·平克尼合作的作品还有获得美国《纽约时报》年度最佳绘本奖的《雇佣之手》（The Hired Hand）等。现住在加利福尼亚州的旧金山。 杰瑞·平克尼（Jerry Pinkney） 非裔美籍的著名插画家。1939年出生于费城，4岁开始画画，毕业于费城艺术学院，从1964年起专攻于儿童读物的插图，至今已画了超过100本书，还成功举办了超过30次的个人作品回顾展。他最新的作品是Dial出版社的《三只小猫》（Three Little Kittens）。现为多所大学的艺术教授，住在纽约州。 杰瑞一生所获的荣誉颇多，不胜枚举。其中包括...(展开全部)

俄罗斯小说家、戏剧家，长篇小说《大师和玛格丽特》是其最重要的作品，另有中篇小说《狗心》《不祥的蛋》等。

This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale.

This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale.

弗拉基米尔·雅可夫列维奇·普罗普（Vladimir Propp，1895—1970）当代著名的语言学家、民俗家，是苏联民间创作问题研究的杰出代表。虽然不是俄国形式主义学派中的一员，但他于1928年出版的《故事形态学》一书在研究方法上与形式主义有相通之处，所以也被看作是2 0世纪形式主义思潮的一个推波助澜者。在民间创作研究领域开辟了独具特色的研究方向和方法，享有世界性的声誉。

“An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred years.” -Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers A magnificent account of the revolution in arms and consciou...(展开全部)

"An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred years." -Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers A magnificent account of the revolution in arms and consciousne...(展开全部)

Marxist criticism in the 1930s -- The "new criticism" -- The Chicago school -- The New York intellectuals -- Myth criticism -- Phenomenological and existential criticism -- Hermeneutics -- Reader-response criticism -- Literary structuralism and semiotics -- Deconstructive criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Black aesthetics -- Leftist criticism from the 1960s to the 1980s.

A Golden Age CLassic Set Against The Rise of The Third Reich "Its background is Germany, immediately after Hitler's rise to power, and this gives it a strong topical interest. Periods of political revolution and reform are usually confused and puzzling periods, and the book faithfully reflects this aspect of its setting. Murders occur, and the solution of the problem is made mo...(展开全部)