Joe McLaren
Forfatter af A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes & Mistletoe
Værker af Joe McLaren
A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes & Mistletoe (2018) — Illustrator — 102 eksemplarer
How to Draw (Minecraft) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Crusades through Arab Eyes (1983) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/..., nogle udgaver — 2,287 eksemplarer
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur (1950) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 404 eksemplarer
The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life (2010) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 248 eksemplarer
John Betjeman: Poems Selected by Hugo Williams (2006) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/..., nogle udgaver — 67 eksemplarer
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Hornblower and the Atropos; The Happy Return; A Ship of the Line; Flying Colors) (2019) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 13 eksemplarer
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- McLaren, Joe
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- Rochester, Kent, England, UK
- Uddannelse
- University of Brighton
- Erhverv
- illustrator
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So if you want to know who the green man was, which tree it is rumoured to be safe to stand under in a thunderstorm and when in the farming year they would shout 'Hurrah! Hurrah for the neck. As you'd expect, there are hounds, white harts and fairies. You can discover which fairies like to help and which use blood to dye their caps. The supernatural gets a section to itself as well as the hatched, matched and despatched themes that still dominate life today.
It is a good overview of the weft and weave of folklore that permeates our lives even today. If it does lack a little depth, but it is a concise summation of all things folklore. That said, there is an extensive bibliography and references and more importantly a comprehensive list of places to find folklore for those that want to uncover much more about this fascinating subject. I loved the bold woodcut illustrations by Joe McLaren too, they are a certain gravitas to the book… (mere)