num_pages: 257
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: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore
publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers