Popular Tales and Fictions: Their Migrations and Transformations - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1576076164 ISBN 13 : 9781576076163

Editeur : ABC-CLIO, 2002

Synopsis

Clouston's classic study of international folktales, their common origins, and their cultural variations is updated with new research.

This classic study of popular tales and fictions is a global map of human imagination reaching back to a time that the author calls the childhood of the world."

First published in two volumes more than a century ago, the book traces familiar themes from strikingly different times, places, and cultures: invisible caps and cloaks, shoes of swiftness, inexhaustible purses, gold-producing animals, life tokens, bird maidens, forbidden rooms, fairy hinds, magic barks, thankful beasts, and magical transformations. The author investigates their origins, examines their variations, and follows their migration from one culture to another. Editor Christine Goldberg brings this classic up to date with an introduction that evaluates and expands the original work in the light of current scholarship."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christine Goldberg has taught folklore and mythology at the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses of the University of California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ABC-CLIO
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1576076164
• ISBN 13: 9781576076163
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 585
• Éditeur: Goldberg Christine
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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