Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish Folk Literature in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado (Hardcover)

~ Aurelio M. Espinosa (Author), J.Manuel Espinosa (Editor) "Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa was born on September 12, 1880, in El Carnero, Colorado, a small country town in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado..." (more)
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The region of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado holds a unique place in the world of Spanish folk literature. Isolated from the rest of the Spanish-speaking world for most of its history since its first settlement in 1598, it has retained, even into our own time, much of its Hispanic folkloric heritage from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-ballads, songs, poems, folktales, sayings, anecdotes, proverbs, riddles, and folk drama. In this book, written in the late 1930s and never before published, Aurelio M. Espinosa, New Mexico's pioneer folklorist, presents the first comprehensive, authoritative account of the relict folklore, bringing together the results of his collecting during the first third of this century, in the Southwest and in Spain, and his many ground-breaking scholarly studies. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (December 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080611942X
• ISBN-13: 978-0806119427
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,768,003 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Folktales, November 15, 2007

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This review is from: The Folklore of Spain in the American Southwest: Traditional Spanish Folk LIterature in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado (Paperback)

This is a good book that conatins many, ballads, poems, and folktales from Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado...It also has brief biography of the author and his ancestors in New Mexico...A good book to get a feel of the language and culture of New Mexico and Colorado....A lot of nice old pictures as well!!!