"Niles' excellent translation should bring Luthi's sensitive and articulate study the recognition it deserves among English readers." -Library Journal Luthi demonstrates how the folktale, by its very distance from reality, can play upon the most important themes of human existence."
"Niles' excellent translation should bring Luthi's sensitive and articulate study the recognition it deserves among English readers." -Library Journal...
In this major work by the distinguished Swiss folklorist Max Luthi, the traditional fairytale is examined from two related points of view, that of aesthetics and that of anthropology. Luthi shows that fairytales are more than just a pleasing form; they present a particular way of looking at the world and at human existence. Thus, they must be evaluated in terms of what they say about man and the human condition.
This exemplary study will be read with enjoyment and profit not only by the literary scholar and folklore professional but by any reader who has ever delighted in...
In this major work by the distinguished Swiss folklorist Max Luthi, the traditional fairytale is examined from two related points of view, that of ...
..". it presents some of the most important folklore studies to appear in Nordic] countries in the past thirty years." The Scandinavian-American Bulletin
..". will... be of interest to folklorists in general. The selected essays... deal with issues that any folklorist who wishes to be up-to-date must consider.... A valuable addition to folklore studies... " Choice
Nordic folklore studies have made major theoretical contributions to international folklore scholarship. The articles in this collection not only reflect areas in which Nordic folklore studies have been particularly...
..". it presents some of the most important folklore studies to appear in Nordic] countries in the past thirty years." The Scandinavian-American B...
"Pentikainen s exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural construction, ethnic emergence and political nationalism, and shamanistic belief systems." American Anthropologist
..". a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics... " The Scandinavian-American Bulletin
The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the...
"Pentikainen s exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural constructi...
..". de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Levi-Strauss's formulations.... A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." --Choice
A major work that modifies and extends Levi-Straussian myth analysis in profound and exciting ways. Roy Willis's masterful translation makes technical terms accessible to the general reader.
..". de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Levi-Strauss's formulations.... A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, histori...
"The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." --Choice
The Hebrew Folktale seeks to find and define the folk-elements of Jewish culture. Through the use of generic distinctions and definitions developed in folkloristics, Yassif describes the major trends--structural, thematic, and functional--of folk narrative in the central periods of Jewish culture.
"The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." --Choice
