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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
-... Wolf and Jensen's English translation of the entire book puts the famous laws into a very useful perspective... - -Choice
-... it is full of clever ideas and observations, and alive with the personality of the writer-lucid, astute and fair.- -British Folklore Studies Forum
Olrik's Grundsaetninger sets forth a number of the basic principles for the study of folklore and outlines his -epic laws- of oral narrative. With this long-awaited translation, English readers now have available the -rules- which became the foundation of many folklore programs and the basis for the...
-... Wolf and Jensen's English translation of the entire book puts the famous laws into a very useful perspective... - -Choice
