Columbia subject headings:
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Folklore--United States.
Literature and folklore--United States.
Harvard subject headings:
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism
Folklore in literature--United States.
Literature and folklore--United States.
Princeton subject headings:
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Fables, American--History and criticism.
Folklore in literature.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864--Knowledge--Folklore.
Literary form.
Literature and folklore--United States--History--19th century.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Knowledge--Folklore.
Oral tradition--United States.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Knowledge--Folklore.