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The European Folktale
Form and Nature
Written by Luthi, Max, Edited by Translated from the German by John D. Niles. Max Lüthi
Series Folklore Studies in Translation
Indiana University Press
Niles’ excellent translation should bring Lüthi’s sensitive and articulate study the recognition it deserves among English readers." —Library JournalLüthi demonstrates how the folktale, by its very distance from reality,... Learn MorePublished: 22nd September 1986Paperback / £14.99
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The Hebrew Folktale
History, Genre, Meaning
Written by Yassif, Eli, Edited by Foreword by Dan Ben-Amos. Translated from Hebrew by Jacqueline S. Teitelbaum.. Eli Yassif
Series Folklore Studies in Translation
Indiana University Press
The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." —ChoiceThe Hebrew Folktale seeks to find and define the folk-elements of Jewish culture.... Learn MorePublished: 16th April 2009Hardback / £41.00
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Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition
Written by Pentikainen, Juha Y., Edited by Translated and edited by Ritva Poom. Juha Y. Pentikäinen
Series Folklore Studies in Translation
Indiana University Press
Pentikäinen’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."... Learn MorePublished: 22nd September 1999Paperback / £20.99
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Principles for Oral Narrative Research
Written by Olrik, Axel, Edited by Translated by Kirsten Wolf and Jody Jensen. Axel Olrik
Series Folklore Studies in Translation
Indiana University Press
... 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,... Learn MorePublished: 22nd June 1992Hardback / £28.99
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Folktales and Reality
Written by Rohrich, Lutz, Edited by Translated by Peter Tokofsky. Lutz Röhrich
Series Folklore Studies in Translation
Indiana University Press
Peter Tokofsky has provided English readers with a superb translation of one of the most important books on folktales." —Wolfgang MiederThis classic work, first published in 1956, is now available in English. Along with Lüthi's... Learn MorePublished: 22nd December 1991Hardback / £33.00
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Nordic Folklore
Recent Studies
Edited by Edited by Reimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf in collaboration with Elizabeth Simpson
Series Folklore Studies in Translation
Indiana University Press
... 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...... Learn MorePublished: 22nd February 1990Paperback / £22.99
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