The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher :
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9780313097782
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher :
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9780313097782
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 2006
Category :
ISBN : 9780313328480
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,21 MB
Release : 2006
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ISBN : 9780313328497
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 18,71 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.
Author : William M. Clements
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9780313091407
Author : Donald Haase
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780313334412
Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. This massive Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by numerous expert contributors. Entries cover themes and motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions, genres, and a range of other topics. Each entry cites works for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will welcome this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate it as an exploration of the essence of world cultures. Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this massive Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, accessible, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Edited by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, the Encyclopedia draws on the work of numerous expert contributors and covers a broad range of themes and motifs, characters and character types, genres, individuals, national traditions, and other topics. Entry topics were chosen in consultation with a nine-member Advisory Board that includes some of the most prominent scholars currently pursuing the study of folk and fairy tales, such as Professor Jack Zipes of the University of Minnesota, whose work has revolutionized research on fairy tales. Entries cite works for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will value this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate the book's examination of the foundations of world cultures. And because many of these tales continue to influence films, television, and popular culture, general readers will welcome the Encyclopedia as a means of understanding the modern world.
Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1922 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313081034
From the Amazon to the Arctic, the world is teeming with diverse cultures. There's no better way for students to explore the world's cultural diversity than through its folktales. Presenting tales from the foundations of the world's traditions, literature, daily life, and popular culture, The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections gathers together a vast array of folktales and arranges them according to region or cultural group, thus allowing students to quickly and conveniently learn about the tales of particular cultures. Some of these stories have been told for centuries, while others have emerged only in recent times. The four-volume set includes introductory essays in addition to explanatory headnotes, and provides bibliographies on particular regions as well as a selected, general bibliography. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this set gives students and general readers a guided tour of the world's folktales. Each volume of the set is devoted to a particular broad geographic region: Volume 1: Africa, The Middle East, Australia and Oceania Volume 2: Asia Volume 3: Europe Volume 4: North and South America Accessible, informative, and entertaining, this book will help literature students learn how to analyze texts and understand the traditions at the heart of many of the world's literary masterpieces. It will also help social studies students learn about the world's cultures and respect ethnic diversity.