Science of Folklore
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780766158139
Subjects: Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Sociology
First sentence: WHEN toward the beginning of the last century the scientific, i.e. methodical, study of folk-lore was begun in Europe, essentially as a fruit of the Romantic Movement, the fairy tale was the first to attract general attention, and the Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm overshadowed all previous collections of fairy tales, while at the same time setting the collectors to work all over Europe.