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Folkways in Thomas Hardy

A veritable source book of superstition, this volume seeks out the abundant examples of belief in the forces of magic and the survival of old customs among the Wessex peasantry as revealed in the works of Thomas Hardy. the fear of falling mirrors and single magpies; the belief that horses found in a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Firor, Ruth A. (Ruth Anita)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadephia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • I. OMENS, PREMONITIONS, AND FATALITY
  • II. DIVINATION
  • III. GHOST AND FAIRY LORE
  • IV. MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT
  • V. FOLK-MEDICINE
  • VI. WEATHER LORE AND THE LANGUAGE OF COUNTRY THINGS
  • VII. SEASONAL FESTIVALS AND CUSTOMS
  • VIII. SPORTS AND PASTIMES
  • IX. FOLK-SONGS, COUNTRY-DANCES, AND FOLK-DRAMA
  • X. FOLK WIT AND WISDOM
  • XI. FOLK-LAW
  • XII. PREHISTORY AND SURVIVALS OF ANCIENT RELIGIONS
  • XIII. MEDIEVAL LEGENDS AND NAPOLEONANA
  • XIV. HARDY'S USE OF FOLKLORE AND FOLK-CUSTOM
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX