Folklore and book culture / Kevin J. Hayes.
1997
GR41.3 .H39 1997 (Mapit)
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Title
Folklore and book culture / Kevin J. Hayes.
Author
Hayes, Kevin J.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0870499785 (alk. paper)
9780870499784 (alk. paper)
9780870499784 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1997.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 167 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GR41.3 .H39 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification
398/.09
Summary
To many observers, folklore and book culture might appear to be opposites. Folklore, after all, involves orally circulated stories and traditions while book culture is concerned with the transmission of written texts. However, as Kevin J. Hayes points out, there are many instances where the two intersect, and exploring those intersections is the purpose of this fascinating and provocative study. Hayes shows that the acquisition of knowledge and the ownership of books have not displaced folklore but instead have given rise to new beliefs and superstitions. Some book have generated new proverbs; others have fostered their own legends. Occasionally the book has served as an important motif in folklore, and in one folk genre - the flyleaf rhyme - the book itself has become the place where folklore occurs, thus indicating a lively interaction between folk, print, and manuscript culture. Solidly researched and venturing into areas long neglected by scholars, Folklore and Book Culture is a work that will engage not only folklorists but historians and literary scholars as well.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-160) and index.
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Table of Contents
Volksbuch and proverb in early America
The sixth and seventh books of Moses
Superstition and the book
The book in Icelandic magicians' legends
Inexperienced use of the black book in Great Britain and America (ML 3020)
Three brothers in the Philippines (AT 653, 653a, and 654)
Traditional flyleaf rhymes.
The sixth and seventh books of Moses
Superstition and the book
The book in Icelandic magicians' legends
Inexperienced use of the black book in Great Britain and America (ML 3020)
Three brothers in the Philippines (AT 653, 653a, and 654)
Traditional flyleaf rhymes.