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Analytic Essays in Folklore
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Contents
- Preface
- Section One: Folklore Theory And Method
- 1. The American Concept Of Folklore
- 2. The Devolutionary Premise In Folklore Theory
- 3. The Study Of Folklore In Literature And Culture: Identification And Interpretation
- 4. Proverbs And The Ethnography Of Speaking Folklore
- 5. Metafolklore And Oral Literary Criticism
- Section Two: Structural Analysis Of Folklore
- 6. From Etic To Emic Units In The Structural Study Of Folktales
- 7. Structural Typology In North American Indian Folktales
- 8. On Game Morphology: A Study Of The Structure Of Non-Verbal Folklore
- 9. The Structure Of Superstition
- 10. Toward A Structural Definition Of The Riddle
- 11. On The Structure Of The Proverb
- Section Three: The Psychoanalytic Approach
- 12. On The Psychology Of Collecting Folklore
- 13. Earth-Diver: Creation Of The Mythopoeic Male
- 14. Summoning Deity Through Ritual Fasting
- 15. The Father, The Son, And The Holy Grail
- 16. On The Psychology Of Legend
- Section Four: The Analysis Of American Folklore
- 17. Here I Sit - A Study Of American Latrinalia
- 18. On Elephantasy And Elephanticide
- 19. The Number Three In American Culture
- 20. Thinking Ahead: A Folkloristic Reflection Of The Future Orientation In American Worldview
- Bibliography
- Index
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