International Folkloristics

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International Folkloristics is written by Alan Dundes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1461637856 (ISBN 10) and 9781461637851 (ISBN 13).

International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. Twenty classic essays, beginning with a piece by Jacob Grimm, reveal the evolving theoretical underpinnings of folkloristics from its nineteenth century origins to its academic coming-of-age in the twentieth century. Each piece is prefaced by extensive editorial introductions placing them in a historical and intellectual context. The twenty essays presented here, including several never published previously in English, will be required reading for any serious student of folklore.