Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Indiana University Folklore Monograph Series
Author: Monographic Series
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Indiana Folklore
Author: Linda DéghPublisher:
ISBN: 9780253109866
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Discusses old crafts and folk skills, from covered bridge building to quiltmaking, as well as the legends and lore of Indiana.
Handbook of American Folklore
Author: Richard M. DorsonPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203731
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Folklore Institute Monograph Series
Author: Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Theory and History of Folklore
Author: Vladimir I︠A︡kovlevich ProppPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452902210
Category : Folk literature, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook
Author: Jane GarryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135157616X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson and grouped according to that Index's scheme. The reference also includes an introductory essay on the concepts of archetypes and motifs and the scholarship associated with them. This is the only book in English on motifs and themes that is completely folklore oriented, deals with motif numbers, and is tied to the Thompson Motif-Index. It includes in-depth examination of such motifs as: Bewitching; Chance and Fate; Choice of Roads; Death or Departure of the Gods; the Double; Ghosts and Other Revenants; the Hero Cycle; Journey to the Otherworld; Magic Invulnerability; Soothsayer; Transformation; Tricksters.
Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen
Author: Carl LindahlPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9781878318756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
All attest to the skill of the tellers and the artistry of their creations.
Tʼang Transformation Texts
Author: Victor H. MairPublisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN: 9780674868151
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This is the most comprehensive study of pien-wen ("transformation texts" i.e., tales of metamorphosis) in any language since the manuscripts were discovered at the beginning of this century in a remote cave complex in northwest China. They are the earliest written vernacular narratives in China and are thus extremely important in the history of Chinese language and literature. Numerous scholarly controversies have surrounded the study of the texts in the last three quarters of a century; this volume seeks to resolve some of them--the extent, origins, and formal characteristics of the texts, the meaning of pien wen, the identity of the authors who composed these popular narratives and the scribes who copied them, the relationship of the texts to oral performance, and the reasons for the apparently sudden demise of the genre around the beginning of the Sung dynasty. This is a multi-disciplinary study that integrates findings from religious, literary, linguistic, sociological, and historical materials, carried out with intellectual rigor. It includes an extensive bibliography of relevant sources in many languages.
All the World's Reward
Author: Reimund KvidelandPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800631
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
All the World’s Reward presents ninety-eight tales from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Swedish-speaking Finland, and Iceland. Each area is represented by the complete recorded repertoire of a single storyteller. Such a focus helps place the stories in the context of the communities in which they were performed and also reveals how individual folk artists used the medium of oral literature to make statements about their lives and their world. Some preferred jocular stories and others wonder tales; some performed mostly for adults, others for children; some used storytelling to criticize society, and others spun wish fulfillment tales to find relief from a harsh reality. For the most part collected a century ago, the stories were gleaned from archives and printed sources; the Icelandic repertoire was collected on audiotape in the 1960s. Each repertoire was selected by a noted folklorist. Introductions to the storytellers and collectors and commentaries and references for the tales are provided. A general introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and an index of the tales according to Aarne-Thompson’s typology are also included. Period illustrations add charm to the stories.