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Storytelling encyclopedia : historical, cultural, and multiethnic approaches to oral traditions around the world

Storytelling encyclopedia : historical, cultural, and multiethnic approaches to oral traditions around the world

Book 1997

This is the first definitive reference work to address the substantive elements of oral storytelling, a form of communication that dates back to the dawn of humanity. It is an ʺA to Zʺ collection of over 700 entries covering such major storytelling elements as motifs, character types, tale types, place names, and creation mythologies and storytelling techniques of cultures around the world. Examples of subjects covered are the contributions of pi...

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ISBN:
9781573560252
1573560251
Description:
xi, 543 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [509]-518) and index
Contents:
Part one
Once upon a time / David Adams Leeming
Building bridges with stories / Melissa Heckler and Carol Birch
American oral tradition / Emory Elliott and Jackie Stallcup
The Utopian tendency of storytelling: turning the world upside down / Jack Zipes
Part two
A-Z entries
Selected bibliography
LCCN:
97023081
Control Number:
68484
Other Authors:
Leeming, David Adams, 1937-, editor
Sader, Marion, editor
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