Book of Urban Legend |
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| Author:
| Dale, Rodney |
| Series title: | Wordsworth Reference Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84022-303-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Publisher: | Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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As a genre, the urban legend was recognised and named only in the mid-1970s. This book brings together a rich variety of these tales which continued to flourish and circulate, classified under different headings for ease of reference, and linked together by the author's narrative. Uncle Joe's ashes baked in a cake (Delicious!); Granny's corpse stolen along with the family car; sewers alive with alligators...all these alleged occurrences - and many, many others - are the stuff of urban...
More DescriptionAs a genre, the urban legend was recognised and named only in the mid-1970s. This book brings together a rich variety of these tales which continued to flourish and circulate, classified under different headings for ease of reference, and linked together by the author's narrative. Uncle Joe's ashes baked in a cake (Delicious!); Granny's corpse stolen along with the family car; sewers alive with alligators...all these alleged occurrences - and many, many others - are the stuff of urban legend: the extraordinary things that you're told happen to that elusive 'friend of a friend' (foaf); someone whom you can never pin down, however hard you try.