The folktale /

The folktale /

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Author / Creator:Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976.
Imprint:New York : The Dryden Press, ©1946.
Description:x, 510 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Tales -- History and criticism.
Folk literature -- Themes, motives.
Tales -- Classification.
Tales.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2138708
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ISBN:0030071755
9780030071751
Physical medium:8vo.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-479) and indexes.
Summary:The past half century has seen an ever increasing interest in the folktale. Folktales remain largely unknown except to a small group of specialists. Yet the subject is of great importance to all serious students of literature, of anthropology, of psychology, and of art in general. The goal of this book is therefore (1) to present the folktale as an important art, vital to most of the race and underlying all literary narrative forms; (2) to acquaint the reader with most of the great folktales of the world, not only for their own interest as stories by also as important elements of culture; and (3) to indicate the goals of the student of the narratives and the methods by which he works.
Other form:Online version: Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976. Folktale. New York, Dryden Press, 1946
Online version: Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976. Folktale. New York, Dryden Press, 1946
Table of Contents:
  • Part one. Nature and forms of the folktale ; Universality of the folktale
  • Forms of the folktale
  • Part two. The folktale from Ireland to India ; Ireland to India : peoples and lands
  • The complex tale
  • The simple tale
  • The folktale in ancient literature
  • European Asiatic folktales in other continents
  • Part three. The folktale in a primitive culture : North American Indian ; The North American Indian tale
  • Creation myths
  • The trickster cycle
  • Test and hero tales
  • Journeys to the other world
  • Animal wives and husbands
  • Miscellaneous American Indian tales
  • Part four. Studying the folktale ; Theories of the folktale
  • International organization of folktale study
  • Collecting folktales
  • Classifying folk narrative
  • The life history of a folktale
  • The folktale as living art
  • Appendix A. Important works on the folktale
  • Appendix B. Principal collections of folktales.

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