num_pages: 272
description: International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. Twenty classic essays, beginning with a piece by Jacob Grimm, reveal the evolving theoretical underpinnings of folkloristics from its nineteenth century origins to its academic coming-of-age in the twentieth century. Each piece is prefaced by extensive editorial introductions placing them in a historical and intellectual context. The twenty essays presented here, including several never published previously in English, will be required reading for any serious student of folklore.
language: English
title: International Folkloristics
titlecomplete: International Folkloristics
genres: Nonfiction, Folklore, Academic
ratings_count: 24
publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers