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Oral Lit & Legends HUMOR, ORAL LITERATURE, AND LEGENDS: by Don L. F. Nilsen English Department Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 ( [email protected] ) Beath, Paul Robert, ed. Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1959. Bennett, Gillian. Perspectives on Contemporary Legend 2 Volumes. Sheffield, England: Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, 1988. Bennett, Gillian, ed. Spoken in Jest. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991. Bennett, Gillian, and Paul Smith. Contemporary Legend: The First Five Years. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. Bennett, Gillian, and Paul Smith, eds. Monsters with Iron Teeth, Perspectives on Contemporary Legend, III. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1990. Bennett, Gillian, and Paul Smith, eds. A Nest of Vipers, Perspectives on Contemporary Legend, V. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Acadeemic Press, 1992. Bennett, Gillian, and Paul Smith, eds. 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