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Morphology of the Folktale: Second Edition (American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series)

Morphology of the Folktale: Second Edition (American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series)

by Laurence Scott (Translator), Louis A. Wagner (Editor), V. Propp (Author)

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This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 184
 Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
 Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01 Jan 1971
ISBN 10: 0292783760
ISBN 13: 9780292783768
Book Overview: Morphology will in all probability be regarded by future generations as one of the major theoretical breakthroughs in the field of folklore in the twentieth century. -- Alan Dundes

Media Reviews
Propp's work is seminal...[and], now that it is available in a new edition, should be even more valuable to folklorists who are directing their attention to the form of the folktale, especially to those structural characteristics which are common to many entries coming from even different cultures. * Choice *
It was primarily Claude Levi-Strauss who made Propp's book popular outside the small circle of Western Slavicists: he immediately recognized the importance of Propp's methodology not only for the study of the fairy-tale, but generally for the study of narrative folklore. [Levi-Strauss] expressed his admiration for all those 'who for a long time have been Propp's successors without knowing it. * Times Literary Supplement *
Author Bio
Vladimir Propp was born in Petersburg, April 29, 1895. In 1932 he was called to a position at the University of Leningrad and went on to make major contributions to Russian folklore studies, comparative mythology, and the classification of folklore genres. His international fame is closely tied to the contributions he made to the structural analysis of folklore in Morphology of the Folktale.