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Saturday March 27, 2010 in Books

A Guide to BC Indian Myth and Legend

By Ralph Maud

Boas, Teit, Hill-Tout, Barbeau, Swanton, Jenness, the luminaries of field research in British Columbia, are discussed here in A Guide to B.C. Indian Myth and Legend, and their work in Indian folklore evaluated. Other scholars, amateurs and Native informants of the past and present are given ample consideration, making this book a comprehensive survey of myth collecting in B.C. The aim is to reveal the true extent of this neglected body of world literature, and to begin to sort out the more valuable texts from those damaged in transmission. A Guide to B.C. Indian Myth and Legend is a valuable reference tool for beginning or advanced students of anthropology, and an absorbing look at the research process itself.

ISBN 13: 9780889221895 | ISBN 10: 889221898
6 W x 9 H x 1 D inches | 224 pages
$19.95 CAN / $19.95 US
Rights: World
Backlist | Non-Fiction | Bisac: SOC021000

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QUOTES OF NOTE

Important not for what it might tell us about Indian culture in the past, but for what these myths may tell us about our society. This book goes some way toward that goal.
— Vancouver Sun

About the Contributors

Ralph Maud

Ralph Maud is the author of Charles Olson Reading (1996) and the editor of The Selected Letters of Charles Olson (2000.) He has edited much of Dylan Thomas’s work, including The Notebook Poems 1930–1934 and The Broadcasts, and is co-editor, with Walford Davies, of Dylan Thomas: The Collected Poems, 1934–1953 and Under Milk Wood. Maud is also the editor of The Salish People: Volumes I, II, III & IV by pioneer ethnographer Charles Hill-Tout. In addition, he has done extensive work on the translation collaboration between Henry W. Tate and Franz Boas, including the book, Transmission Difficulties: Franz Boas and Tsimshian Mythology.

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After Completion

Edited by Sharon Thesen & Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889226395sm

Muthologos
Charles Olson
Edited by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889225763sm

Charles Olson at the Harbor
Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

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Poet to Publisher

Edited by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889224308sm

Transmission Difficulties
Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889223332sm

The Porcupine Hunter and Other Stories
Henry Tate
Edited by Ralph Maud
Translated by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889221895sm

A Guide to BC Indian Myth and Legend
Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

The Salish People: Volume IV
Charles Hill-Tout
Edited by Ralph Maud
Introduction by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889221505sm

The Salish People: Volume III
Charles Hill-Tout
Edited by Ralph Maud
Introduction by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889221499sm

The Salish People: Volume II
Charles Hill-Tout
Edited by Ralph Maud
Introduction by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

9780889221482sm

The Salish People: Volume I
Charles Hill-Tout
Edited by Ralph Maud
Introduction by Ralph Maud
Non-Fiction

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts; the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program; and the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council for our publishing activities.