Cajun and Creole Folktales

by Ancelet and Barry Jean Ancelet

Book Overview

This teeming compendium of tales assembles and classifies the abundant lore and storytelling prevalent in the French culture of southern Louisiana. This is the largest, most diverse, and best annotated collection of French-language tales ever published in the United States. Side by side are dual-language retellings--the Cajun French and its English translation--along with insightful commentaries. This volume reveals the long and lively heritage of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878057099
• ISBN13: 9780878057092
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Glimpse of Acadiana

I found Dr. Ancelet's collection and subsequent narrative very authentic and insightful into the Cajun experience. As an Acadienne myself, I have collected many items of this nature and have found his work to be particularly appealing. There are few ways to experience the genuineness and joie de vivre of the people of South Louisiana without being one of her own, and Dr. Ancelet's presentation is one of them.