A Motif-index of the Folktales of Culture-area V
Author : Kenneth Wendell Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 27,62 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Folklore
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Author : Kenneth Wendell Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 27,62 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Folklore
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Author : Kenneth Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Folklore
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Author : Kenneth W. Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 22,64 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Folk literature
ISBN :
Author : Kenneth Wendell Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 48,41 MB
Release : 1958
Category :
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Author : [Anonymus AC03416919]
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Folk literature
ISBN : 9781570853227
This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955).
Author : Roger Abrahams
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307803198
The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Author : Stith Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Folk literature
ISBN :
This index is organized by motif, or subject, so related versions of particular stories are classified together, across cultures and time periods. Very detailed, with source citations, is a classic work of its type.
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486805808
A preacher battles a bear, a mother returns from the dead, and a clever servant conducts a Big Feet Contest in this rich anthology of African-American folklore. Scores of humorous and harrowing stories, collected during the mid-twentieth century, tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints. The first part of the book provides a setting for the fables, in which folklorist Richard M. Dorson discusses their origins and the artistry of storytellers. The second part consists of the tales, which include the adventures of Old Marster and John, supernatural episodes, and comical and satirical anecdotes as well as more realistic accounts of racial injustice. Recounted in the actual words of the narrators, the folktales abound in bold language, memorable imagery, and bittersweet humor that reflect the essence of African-American storytelling traditions.
Author : James P. Leary
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780299173746
This is an introduction to the most important recent court decisions affecting women in the United States. Abortion, sexual harrassment, pornography, surrogate motherhood, rape, custody rights - the legal and social questions surrounding these issues are brought to life in this casebook.
Author : Bernth Lindfors
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 1997
Category : African literature
ISBN : 9780865436169
African literary texts can be approached in a variety of ways. They may be examined in isolation as verbal artifacts that have a unique integrity. They may be studied in relation to other texts that preceded and followed them. Or they may be seen against the backdrop of the times, traditions and circumstances that helped to shape them. In this book, all these approaches have been utilized, sometimes singly, sometimes in combination.