Encyclopedia of Urban Legends

Posted on 15 November 2018 by Jan Harold Brunvand

We all know those stories that are too bizarre to be true roasted babies, vanishing hitchhikers, scuba divers in trees but have you heard about the ice man or the bullet baby This comprehensive and compellingly readable reference work will answer all your urban legend questions, offering alphabetical entries on every aspect of the subject, including descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, legend themes, and scholarly approaches to the genre Other entries discuss the relationship of urban legends to literature, film, comic books, music, and many other areas of popular culture A Booklist Editors Choice 2001 Reference Book Unlike most encyclopedias, this one may be read cover to cover Choice Compiled by the foremost authority on this form of contemporary folklore.Superb Library Journal New Read eBook Encyclopedia of Urban Legends By Jan Harold Brunvand – kino-fada.fr in my home libraryThis is not the most entertaining book to start with if you are just learning about urban legends You don t get fun retellings here, you get the basic outlines of the stories, with source information This is a reference work, which is not to say it s not fun to browse If you are looking for retellings, though, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid by Brunvand also, is better at providing fleshed out versions of scary urban legends creepier, too , and Urban Legends 666 Absolutely True Stories that Happe This is not the most entertaining book to start with if you are just learning about urban legends You don t get fun retellings here, you get the basic outlines of the stories, with source information This is a reference work, which is not to say it s not fun to browse If you are looking for retellings, though, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid by Brunva...I love this book I grew up reading urban legends, so the have a special place in my heart This book delves into the psychological sociological aspects of urban legends, which, combined with its thoroughness even i...This is quite a thorough book helpfully listing each Urban Legend in alphabetical order.Additionally, many of the large print, fun to read entries contain references to other similar topics that one may look up in the book There will probably be several myth stories which you can think of but which are not included in the book However, those disappointments may well be outnumbered by the tales that ARE urban legends that you always had thought were true At least, that s what happened with This is quite a thorough book helpfully listing each Urban Legend in alphabetical order.Additionally, many of the large print, fun to read entries contain references to other similar topics that one may look up in the book There will probably be several myth stories which you can think of but which are not included in the book However, those dis...My sister gave me this book for Christmas It is really cool.I studied urban legends as an anthropology major in college I think they are really cool and fun, so I was excited to get this huge, fat encyclopedia Everything you ve ever wanted to know about urban legends should be in here.its an encyclopedia of every creepy or just handspun tale you cant think of its wonderful if you have time to killDue to my short attention span lately, I started reading urban legend books Fun times I can tell you Make you realize how stupid people really are.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here An interesting read and such a fine line between urban legend and ancedotes A few slightly bemusing i.e Toilet blocks in england only if a separate block outside, otherwise just toilets Toppling Penguins, semi true but exaggerated and the penguins learned and stopped doing it via RAF pilots crew of the time horsemeat. The Unlucky Driver s Examination, none of those would ever happen espec not following in a police car British tests the examiner is in the car at all times I sus An interesting read and such a fine line between urban legend and ancedotes A few slightly bemusing i.e Toilet blocks in england only if...I love this stuff Everytime and you KNOW it happens often enough someone especially my kids starts with a FOAF story that gets way outa hand it s nice to pull this off the shelfoft than not, you can find a similarly incredulous tale There s also an Urban Legend website that s great for mythbusting.I read this book and I really enjoyed it seeing as Im the type of person who likes myths and horror stories and things that aren t true but are realistic to a point Its been awhile since I read this book so I cant remember the stories that well to tell you which one was my favorite...

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15 November 2018

Jan Harold Brunvand