


Hardcover
Published: 22nd December 1991
ISBN: 9780253350282
Number Of Pages: 290
"Peter Tokofsky has provided English readers with a superb translation of one of the most important books on folktales." -- Wolfgang Mieder
This classic work, first published in 1956, is now available in English. Along with LA1/4thi's The European Folktale and Propp's The Morphology of the Folktale, RAhrich's MArchen und Wirklichkeit is considered a key text in folklore scholarship.
Foreword | |
Abbreviations Translator | |
Preface | |
Preface to the Third Edition | |
Introduction | |
The Genres of Folk Narrative and | |
Their Relationship to Reality Folktale and Legend | |
The Aetiological Narrative SaintOtilde;s Legend and Folksong Folktales without the Happy Ending Jest | |
The Folktale and the Reality of the Magical World-View Magic Man and Animal--Transformation and Disenchantment Manners and Customs Cruelty in the Folktale | |
The Modern Folktale as Believed Reality Tribal Narratives European Narratives | |
Paths of Rationalization Ethnic Differences Magical Thought and Modern Civilization | |
The Folktale as a Mirror of the Real World | |
The Significance of Time and Place | |
The Social Milieu | |
The FolktaleOtilde;s Inner Reality | |
The NarratorOtilde;s Ego | |
The FolktaleOtilde;s | |
Themes | |
Notes | |
Selected Bibliography Tale | |
Indexes | |
Subject Index | |
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ISBN: 9780253350282
ISBN-10: 025335028X
Series: Folklore Studies in Translation
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 290
Published: 22nd December 1991
Publisher: INDIANA UNIV PR
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.39 x 15.6
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.63