The Study of Folklore
| Book | The Study of Folklore |
| Publisher | Prentice-Hall, Inc. |
| Copyright Holder | Prentice-Hall, Inc. |
| Contributing Writer | William Thoms, Francis Lee Utley, William R. Bascom, Archer Taylor, William Hugh Jansen, Richard M. Dorson, E. D. Phillips, Ernest Jones, Humphrey Humphreys, William H. Desmonde, Martha Wolfenstein, William A. Lessa, Axel Olrik, Lord Raglan, Clyde Kluckhohn, George Herzog, Bruno Nettl, P. D. Beauchat, Alan Dundes, C. W. von Sydow, Frederic C. Bartlett, Robert H. Lowie, Albert B. Lord, Frank Hamilton Cushing, John C. Messenger, Jr., Betty Wang, Herbert Passin, John W. Bennett, Paul V. Gump, Brian Sutton-Smith, Paul G. Brewster, Hugh Tracey, August C. Mahr, Harry B. Weiss, Stith Thompson |
| Preface by | Alan Dundes |
| About/Subject | Folklore |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Copyright | 1965 |
| Pages / Font | 481 pages |
| Other | 566 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 65-22195 |
| Other | 85894-C |
| Chapters | WHAT IS FOLKLORE? Folklore William Thoms Folk Literature: An Operational Definition Francis Lee Utley Folklore and Anthropology William R. Bascom Folklore and the Student of Literature Archer Taylor The Esoteric-Exoteric Factor in Folklore Wm. Hugh Jansen THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS The Eclipse of Solar Mythology Richard M. Dorson The Three Bears E. D. Phillips Psychoanalysis and Folklore Ernest Jones Jack and the Beanstalk Humphrey Humphreys Jack and the Beanstalk William H. Desmonde Jack and the Beanstalk: An American Version Martha Wolfenstein On the Symbolism of Oedipus William A. Lessa FORM IN FOLKLORE Epic Laws of Folk Narrative Axel Olrik The Hero of Tradition Lord Raglan Recurrent Themes in Myths and Mythmaking Clyde Kluckhohn Stability of Form in Traditional and Cultivated Music George Herzog Unifying Factors in Folk and Primitive Music Bruno Nettl Riddles in Bantu P. D. Beauchat Structural Typology in North American Indian Folktales Alan Dundes THE TRANSMISSION OF FOLKLORE Folktale Studies and Philology: Some Points of View C. W. von Sydow Some Experiments on the Reproduction of Folk Stories F. C. Bartlett Some Cases of Repeated Reproduction Robert H. Lowie Yugoslav Epic Folk Poetry Albert B. Lord The Cock and the Mouse Frank Hamilton Cushing THE FUNCTIONS OF FOLKLORE Four Functions of Folklore William R. Bascom The Role of Proverbs in a Nigerian Judicial System John C. Messenger, Jr. Folksongs as Regulators of Politics Betty Wang Changing Agricultural Magic in Southern Illinois: A Systematic Analysis of Folk-Urban Transition Herbert Passin and John W. Bennett The It Role in Children's Games Paul V. Gump and Brian Sutton Smith SELECTED STUDIES OF FOLKLORE Some Notes on the Guessing Game, How Many Horns Has the Buck? Paul G. Brewster Tina's Lullaby Hugh Tracey Origin and Significance of Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols August C. Mahr Something About Simple Simon Harry B. Weiss The Star Husband Tale Stith Thompson Suggestions for Further Reading in Folklore |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America |
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