Record #:

16399

Author(s):

Abrams, W. Amos

Abstract:

Time Was, a novel by John Foster West, a writer-in-residence at Appalachian State University, is full of folklore and folk language on almost every page. The novel exposes various folk remedies and superstitions, folk songs and games, folk imagery, and folk speech and poetry.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mar 1971, p40-46

Subject(s):

Novelists--North Carolina