Czech Folk Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780359080700)

From the INTRODUCTION. The present collection is intended to exemplify the spirit of the Czech race. It may perhaps be objected that folk-tale themes are part of a common stock belonging to all European races, and even to many primitive peoples: but though this is perfectly true, it is also no less certain that the spirit of the nation manifests itself in the manner of their telling. The selection has been made from all sorts of folk tales, artistic and primitive alike; and yet two things are common to all of them: the moral tendency and a sense of humour. By this I do not mean morality in the vulgar sense of retribution for evil, or of filial devotion, or the sentimental insistence upon " every one living happily ever afterwards," and above all upon Jack marrying his Molly. I mean that higher sort of morality which was the mainspring of Protestantism....

Author: Josef Baudis
ISBN-10: 0359080707
ISBN-13: 9780359080700
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2018
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d