Aesop's fables; Anderson, Hans Christian; Arthur, King; ballad; Bible; Disney, Walt; Dracula; fairy tale; Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm; Harlem Renaissance; Homer; nursery rhymes; Oedipus; Robin Hood; Shakespeare, William; "Thousand and One Nights"; Tolien, J.R.R.; Uncle Remus; Victorian fairy lore; witchcraft. (Part contents)
Did you know that Shakespeare's famous tragedy Hamlet first circulated as an oral legend during the Middle Ages? Or that J.R.R. Tolkien borrowed character types from European oral narratives to develop his heroic quest trilogy The Lord of the Rings? Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature describes how these and other oral traditions became the inspiration for the world's most famous literature.
Mary Ellen Brown, PhD, is professor of folklore at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and editor of the Journal of Folklore Research. Bruce A. Rosenberg, PhD, is professor of American studies and English at Brown University, Providence, RI.
"Highly recommended." - The Book Report "Thorough-going yet concise, this reference fills an important need ... Highly recommended for all academic collections as a reference that affords a glimpse into the soul of folk narration." - Library Journal "The intelligent articles should prove useful to students of the folktale, to anyone looking for a fresh approach to the classics, or for multicultural views of the art of storytelling." - School Library Journal "The encyclopedia serves a highly useful purpose in addition to offering a pleasant place to leap and linger. The entries give scholars a quick means by which they can gain a basic understanding of terms, concepts, ideas, and important figures, and they also provide a starting list of references that can provide a valuable entree into further study." - Journal of Folklore Research
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