The Wise Men of Gotham
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Type of record: Archive
Title: The Wise Men of Gotham
Classmark: LAVC/SRP/2/156
Creator(s): Lewis, Wendy Hilary
Site Location(s): Subject - Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom( 52.868, -1.20558 )
Date(s): 1974
Size and medium: 55 unbound typed leaves; 1 colour photograph.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410192
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
An examination of thirty-four tales told by, and of, the people of Gotham in Nottinghamshire, with reference both to published and oral versions of stories which tell of the foolishness and trickery of the villagers. Twenty tales were originally compiled, supposedly by Andrew Borde, and printed in 1630 under the title 'Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham'. The collector includes transcripts of these, along with fourteen further examples collected orally by others, and by herself during fieldwork interviews with nine local people. The study examines both the similarities between the tales told in Gotham and those told in/about other villages in England and abroad, and the theories put forward to explain their existence. Examples from thirteen other English localities are included. The study concludes with an examination of some of the many literary allusions to the Gotham tales, and consideration of the differences and similarities between the oral and published tales.
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