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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... play . To be sure , one must be careful to separate the fairy tale source and the Shakespeare play . Even if the psychoanalytic argument broached here were adjudged applicable to the fairy tale , it does not necessarily follow that it ...
... play . To be sure , one must be careful to separate the fairy tale source and the Shakespeare play . Even if the psychoanalytic argument broached here were adjudged applicable to the fairy tale , it does not necessarily follow that it ...
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... play to draw rather than play to win as it is a matter of male investiga- tions labeling girls who play to draw as being " feminine . " This in turn raises the question of whether it is possible for a male to study male chauvinism ...
... play to draw rather than play to win as it is a matter of male investiga- tions labeling girls who play to draw as being " feminine . " This in turn raises the question of whether it is possible for a male to study male chauvinism ...
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... play even more tragic than it would have been without the explicit fairy tale frame . 29. It cannot be stressed too strongly that a psychoanalytic reading of King Lear is but one interpretation of a play which has inspired dozens . Too ...
... play even more tragic than it would have been without the explicit fairy tale frame . 29. It cannot be stressed too strongly that a psychoanalytic reading of King Lear is but one interpretation of a play which has inspired dozens . Too ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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