Folklore genres

Author(s)

• Ben-Amos, Dan

Bibliographic Information

Folklore genres

edited by Dan Ben-Amos

（Publications of the American Folklore Society, . Bibliographical and special series ; v. 26）

University of Texas Press, 1981

• : pbk.

Uniform Title

Genre

Note

Originally published in Genre, 1969 and 1971

Bibliography: p. [247]-282

Includes index

Contents of Works

• Oral genres as a bridge to written literature / Francis Lee Utley
• Aspects of the Märchen and the legend / Max Lüthi
• The generic nature of oral epic poetry / David E. Bynum
• The blues as a genre / Harry Oster
• On defining the riddle : the problem of a structural unit / Charles T. Scott
• Legend and brief / Linda Dégh and Andrew Vázsonyi
• Proverbs : a social use of metaphor / Peter Seitel
• The "Pretty languages" of yellowman : genre, mode, and texture in Navaho Coyote narratives / Barre Telken
• Japanese professional storytellers / V. Hrdličková
• The complex relations of simple forms / Roger D. Abrahams
• Analytical categories and ethnic genres / Dan Ben-Amos

Details

• NCID: BA5064576X
• ISBN:
  • 0292724373
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Austin
• Pages/Volumes: xlv, 291 p., [8] leaves of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GR40
  • DC : 398
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Folklore -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Literary form
  • LCSH : Folklore -- Classification
  • LCSH : Folk literature -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00304381