International Folkloristics

Alan Dundes is known as one of the world's leading authorities on folklore. In more than 30 books he has unveiled the meanings in the oral traditions of many cultures. His most recent book is Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore (Rowman & Littlefield,1999). He lives in Berkeley, where he is professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California.

• Chapter 1 Circular Concerning the Collecting of Folk PoetryChapter 2 Folk-Lore and the Origin of the WordChapter 3 RequestChapter 4 An Angel Flew Through the RoomChapter 5 The Study of Folk-LoreChapter 6 The Method of Julius KrohnChapter 7 The Message of the Folk-LoristChapter 8 On the Need for a Bibliography of FolkloreChapter 9 A Dialogue in Gyergyó-KilényfalvaChapter 10 In Search of Folktales and SongsChapter 11 Epic Laws of Folk NarrativeChapter 12 The Rites of PassageChapter 13 The Principles of Sympathetic MagicChapter 14 The Structure of Russian Fairy TalesChapter 15 Observations on FolkloreChapter 16 Geography and Folk-Tale OicotypesChapter 17 Irish Tales and Story-TellersChapter 18 Symbolism in DreamsChapter 19 Wedding Ceremonies in European FolkloreChapter 20 Strategy in Counting Out: An Ethnographic Folklore Field StudyChapter 21 Suggestions for Further Reading in the History of Folkloristics.

Alan Dundes, one of the world's leading folklorists, extracts the ground-breaking work of scholars from folklore's earliest days. This collection is recommended.