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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784494903321

Autore

Propp V. I͡A (Vladimir I͡Akovlevich), <1895-1970.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1984

ISBN

0-8166-8187-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxxxi, 252 pages) : portrait

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

LibermanAnatoly

Disciplina

398.2/0947

Soggetti

Folk literature, Russian - History and criticism

Tales - Soviet Union - History and criticism

Tales - History and criticism

Folklore - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.