Theory and history of folklore / Vladimir Propp ; translated by Ariadna Y. Martin and Richard P. Martin and several others ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Anatoly Liberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Propp, V. I︠A︡. (Vladimir I︠A︡kovlevich), 1895-1970.

Contributor:

Liberman, Anatoly.

Series:

Theory and history of literature ; v. 5.

Theory and history of literature ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk literature, Russian--History and criticism.

Folk literature, Russian.

Tales--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Tales.

Tales--History and criticism.

Folklore--Methodology.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxxxi, 252 pages) : portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp published his first book, Morphology of the Folktale, in 1928. Since it was translated to English, in 1958, it has become an international bestseller and is well known as a major theoretical work in oral literature. Now, Anatoly Liberman has selected seven essays and three chapters from his later books which together reveal the full range of Propp's thought in Theory and History of Folklore. This will help readers see that his work is essentially a theory of narrative.

Contents:

Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; I. The Nature of Folklore; II. The Wondertale; III. Heroic Poetry; IV. Supplement; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Foreign Terms

Notes:

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

0-8166-8187-2

OCLC:

729260876