NEARLY three centuries have passed since the first American Indian tales were recorded by Europeans. The Jesuit Fathers in their Relations beginning with 1633 report tales current among the tribes with whom they had come into contact. From them we have at this early date rather good versions of the Iroquois creation myth (No. v of this collection), of "The Sun Snarer" (No. xv) and of "The Empounded Water" (No. xxii). These tales have the same form when collected in the twentieth century as they had in the early seventeenth. Though tales were reported sporadically during the next two centuries...
NEARLY three centuries have passed since the first American Indian tales were recorded by Europeans. The Jesuit Fathers in their Relations beginning w...
Amongst the one hundred folktales are such familiar tales as The Three Billy-Goats Gruff, Haensel and Gretel, Sleeping Beuaty, and some perhaps not so familiar, The Magic Bird, The Goose Girl, and The Pancake.
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Amongst the one hundred folktales are such familiar tales as The Three Billy-Goats Gruff, Haensel and Gretel, Sleeping Beuaty, and some perhaps not...
Stith Thompson John Henry McDowell Inta G. Carpenter
Stith Thompson (1885 1976), often called the father of U.S. folklore, completed A Folklorist s Progress in 1956. This reflection on his life leads the reader on a journey from his birthplace in Kentucky to the universities of Wisconsin, Harvard, California, Texas, and finally Indiana University. Throughout his career he interacted with scholars throughout the world. His life story reveals his influence on the direction of American folklore scholarship in this century. His influence moved the study of folklore from a romantic approach to a "scientific" approach. He helped establish folklore...
Stith Thompson (1885 1976), often called the father of U.S. folklore, completed A Folklorist s Progress in 1956. This reflection on his life leads ...
"Thompson believed the folktale to be an important and living art, underlying all literary narrative forms. Most of all he wanted to acquaint readers with most of the great folktales of the world, not only for their own interest as stories, but as elements of culture. He writes about the nature and form of the folktale, gives an account of tales from Ireland to India, devotes a special section to the North American Indian tales and myths, and another to the methods of collecting, classifying, studying folktales as a living art. He found them rich and varied sources of entertainment and...
"Thompson believed the folktale to be an important and living art, underlying all literary narrative forms. Most of all he wanted to acquaint readers ...
""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly
""A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection."" -- Volkskunde
""An invaluable aid to students and scholars... "" -- Reference & Research Book News
Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly
""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly
""A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection."" -- Volkskunde
""An invaluable aid to students and scholars... "" -- Reference & Research Book News
Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly
"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." Southern Folklore Quarterly
"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." Volkskunde
"An invaluable aid to students and scholars... " Reference & Research Book News
Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." Southern Folklore Quarterly
"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." Southern Folklore Quarterly
"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." Volkskunde
"An invaluable aid to students and scholars... " Reference & Research Book News
Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
"
"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." Southern Folklore Quarterly
"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." Southern Folklore Quarterly
"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." Volkskunde
"An invaluable aid to students and scholars... " Reference & Research Book News
Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
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"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." Southern Folklore Quarterly
