International Folkloristics : Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore

Texts by Béla Bartók, Séamus Ó Duilearga, James George Frazer, Sigmund Freud, Kenneth S. Goldstein, Antonio Gramsci, Jacob Grimm, Reinhold Köhler, Kaarle Krohn, Wilhelm Mannhardt, Max Müller, Axel Olrik, Giuseppe Pitrè, Vladimir Propp, Géza Róheim, Boris, Yuri Sokolov, William Thoms, Arnold van Gennep, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, W.B Yeats 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. International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. In this volume, 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