Folktales and Reality

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

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"Peter Tokofsky has provided English readers with a superb translation of one of the most important books on folktales." —Wolfgang MiederThis classic work, first published in 1956, is now available in English. Along with Lüthi's The European Folktale and Propp's The Morphology of the Folktale, Röhrich's Märchen und Wirklichkeit is considered a key text in folklore scholarship.

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Utgivningsdatum1991-12-22
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt708 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFolklore Studies in Translation
Antal sidor320
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253350282

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Foreword by Dan Ben-AmosAbbreviationsTranslator's PrefacePreface to the Third EditionI. IntroductionII. The Genres of Folk Narrative and Their Relationship to RealityFolktale and LegendThe Aetiological NarrativeSaint's Legend and FolksongFolktales without the Happy EndingJestIII. The Folktale and the Reality of the Magical World-View MagicMan and Animal—Transformation and DisenchantmentManners and CustomsCruelty in the FolktaleIV. The Modern Folktale as Believed RealityTribal NarrativesEuropean NarrativesV. Paths of RationalizationEthnic DifferencesMagical Thought and Modern CivilizationVI. The Folktale as a Mirror of the Real WorldThe Significance of Time and PlaceThe Social MilieuVII. The Folktale's Inner RealityThe Narrator's EgoThe Folktale's ThemesNotes Selected BibliographyTale IndexesSubject Index