English Riddles in Oral Tradition

Reprint of Archer Taylor's collection of riddles from oral tradition in the British Isles and in the English-speaking part of the Western Hemisphere originally published in 1951.

About the author

Archer Taylor (August 1, 1890-September 30, 1973). Taylor earned his PhD at Harvard. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis 1915-25, University of Chicago 1925-39 and University of California, Berkeley 1939-58. Taylor published The Proverb (1931), its Index (1934) and Bibliography of Riddles (1939). Archer Taylor and Bartlett Jere Whiting published A Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880 (1958). He wrote A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies (1955) and General Subject-Indexes Since 1548 (1966). His library is at University of Georgia, except his ballad collection at University of California, Berkeley. More information at www.archertaylor.com.

Product details

• Authors: Archer Taylor
• Publisher: Touchladybirdlucky Studios
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2017
• EAN: 9781888215700
• ISBN: 978-1-888215-70-0
• No. of pages: 1000
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 50 mm
• Weight: 1370 g
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire