Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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... daughter to any of her suitors , or who attaches to the winning of the daughter certain conditions difficult of fulfillment , does this because he really be- grudges her to all others , for when all is told he wishes to possess her ...
... daughter to any of her suitors , or who attaches to the winning of the daughter certain conditions difficult of fulfillment , does this because he really be- grudges her to all others , for when all is told he wishes to possess her ...
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... daughter incest . The final lines of Pericles begin : " In Antiochus and his daughter you have heard / Of monstruous lust the due and just reward . ” ( V , iii , 85–86 ; cf. the father - daughter incest riddle in Pericles , I.i , 64–71 ...
... daughter incest . The final lines of Pericles begin : " In Antiochus and his daughter you have heard / Of monstruous lust the due and just reward . ” ( V , iii , 85–86 ; cf. the father - daughter incest riddle in Pericles , I.i , 64–71 ...
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... daughter . But it also evokes a daugh- ter's various fantasies concerning her rivalry with her mother for her father . From the daughter's point of view , if the daughter possesses the father , then the mother is the outsider , the ...
... daughter . But it also evokes a daugh- ter's various fantasies concerning her rivalry with her mother for her father . From the daughter's point of view , if the daughter possesses the father , then the mother is the outsider , the ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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