Folk and Fairy Tales - A Handbook

Informationen zum Autor D. L. Ashliman is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook (Greenwood, 2004). Klappentext Just about everyone is familiar with folk and fairy tales. Children learn about them from parents, teachers, and other adults, while researchers study these tales at colleges and universities. At the same time, folk and fairy tales are inseparable from everyday life and popular culture. Movies, music, art, and literature offer imaginative retellings and interpretations of fairy and folk tales. But despite the pervasiveness of this folklore type, most people have only a vague understanding of these tales. This reference is a convenient introduction to folk and fairy tales for students and general readers. Written by a leading authority, this handbook offers a broad examination of folk and fairy tales as a folklore type. It looks at tales from around the world and from diverse cultures. The volume defines and classifies folk and fairy tales and analyzes a number of examples. It studies the varied manifestations of fairy and folk tales in literature and culture and reviews critical and scholarly approaches to this folklore genre. The volume also includes a glossary and extensive list of works for further reading. Zusammenfassung Just about everyone is familiar with folk and fairy tales. This reference is a convenient introduction to folk and fairy tales for students and general readers. Written by a leading authority! this handbook offers a broad examination of folk and fairy tales as a folklore type. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface One Introduction Two Definitions and Classifications Three Examples and Texts Four Scholarship and Approaches Five Contexts Glossary Bibliography Web Resources Index

Product details

• Authors: D. L. Ashliman, Ashliman D. L.
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2004
• EAN: 9780313328107
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32810-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Greenwood Folklore Handbooks; Greenwood Folklore Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Geography and World Cultures: Folklore