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Encyclopedia of urban legends, updated and expanded edition

This book provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online.

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  • "Urban legends"
  • "Urban legends"@en

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  • "This book provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online."
  • "This book provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online."@en
  • "Presents descriptions of hundreds of urban legends and their variations, themes, and scholarly approaches to the genre, including such tales as disappearing hitchhikers and hypodermic needles left in the coin slots of pay telephones."
  • ""This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online"--"
  • ""This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online"--"@en
  • "Resum: "This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online"--"
  • "The Encyclopedia of Urban Legends is the definitive work from the world's foremost authority on the study of urban legends, Jan Harold Brunvand. This encyclopedia offers descriptions of hundreds of individual legends. The thorough coverage of urban legends includes all countries in which published urban legend collections are presently available. Urban legends are a specimen of modern folk narrative, and this encyclopedia contains entries on how to collect, classify, and analyze texts and performances."
  • ""This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online"--Provided by publisher."@en
  • ""This exhaustive and compellingly readable reference work offers 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."--Publisher's description."@en
  • "This comprehensive and compellingly readable reference work answers all the urban legend questions, offering alphabetical entries on every aspect of the subject, including descriptions of individual legends and their variations, legend themes, and scholarly approaches to the genre."
  • "An A to Z reference work which offers entries on every aspect of the subject including: descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, legend themes, the scholary approaches to the genre, and thorough coverage from around the world."@en
  • "This exhaustive and compellingly readable reference work offers 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."
  • "This exhaustive and compellingly readable reference work offers 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."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Encyclopedias"@en
  • "Encyclopedias"
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  • "Encyclopédie (Descripteur de forme)"

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  • "Encyclopedia of urban legends, updated and expanded edition"@en
  • "Encyclopedia of urban legends, updated and expanded edition"
  • "Encyclopedia of urban legends"@en
  • "Encyclopedia of urban legends"
  • "Encyclopedia of Urban Legends"@en

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