The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang, Volume 1: Anthropology, Fairy Tale, Folklore, The Origins of Religion, Psychical Research

ISBN-13: 9781474400213 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 448 str.

Andrew Lang;Andrew Teverson;Alexandra Warwick

Opis

This is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang, the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole the range of late-nineteenth century intellectual culture: from literary criticism to anthropology, magic to archaeology, folklore to Scottish history.

Spis treści

General Introduction; Introduction to the Volume; Chronology of the Life and Major works of Andrew Lang; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgements; 1: The Method of Folklore; 2. Anthropology and Folklore; 3. Fairy Tales; 4. Anthropology, and the Origins of Religion; 5. Anthropology and Physcial Research; 6. Psychical Research; Appendix I: Names Frequently Cited by Lang; Appendix II: Ethnic Groups Cited by Lang; Explanatory Notes; Index