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Danish folktales, legends, & other stories / edited and translated by Timothy R. Tangherlini.
Van Pelt Library GR210 .D36 2013 1 v. + DVD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New directions in Scandinavian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Denmark.
- Tales.
- Denmark.
- Legends--Denmark.
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 234 pages ; 24 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Danish folktales, legends, and other stories
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- text file
- Summary:
- Accompanying DVD-ROM contains ... "the Danish Folklore Nexus ... [which consists of] the storytellers' full repertoires, plus five hundred additional stories in both Danish and English, along with essays on the changing political, social, and economic landscapes of nineteenth-century Denmark; the history of folklore scholarship; critical approaches to folklore; and comprehensive biographies of the storytellers. It also provides links between related stories and interactive maps that will allow readers to see where the stories are set and where they were collected, as well as a mechanism to search for themes and topics across all the stories."--Dust jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 "Bitte Jens" Kristensen: Cobbled Together 65
- 2 Kirsten Marie Pedersdatter: Between Farm and Smallholding 93
- 3 Jens Peter Pedersen: Day Laborer and Turner 115
- 4 (Ane) Margrete Jensdatter: Old Age and Rural Poverty 139
- 5 Peder Johansen: Miller, Fiddler, Bachelor Storyteller 163.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780295992594
- 029599259X
- OCLC:
- 817562932
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