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Theory and History of Folklore /

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 essay...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Propp, V. I︠A︡. (Vladimir I︠A︡kovlevich), 1895-1970 (Author)
Other Authors: Liberman, Anatoly (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ruso
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1984.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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. Included are the famous essay by Claude Levi-Strauss about Propp and Propp's response to.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages): portrait
ISBN:9780816681877