Encyclopedia of folklore and literature

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The work Encyclopedia of folklore and literature represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Encyclopedia of folklore and literature

Statement of responsibility

editors, Mary Ellen Brown, Bruce A. Rosenberg ; editorial assistants, Peter Harle, Kathy Sitarski

Contributor

• Rosenberg, Bruce A
• Brown, Mary Ellen, 1939-

Subject

• Literature
• Folklore
• Mythology -- Encyclopedias
• Letterkunde
• Folklore -- Encyclopedias
• Literature -- Encyclopedias
• Littérature -- Encyclopédies
• Reference works
• Volkscultuur
• Reference works
• Folklore -- Encyclopédies
• Folklore -- Encyclopedias
• Encyclopedias

Genre

• Reference works
• Encyclopedias

Language

eng

Summary

• Contains entries for authors, titles, national literatures, themes, and motifs in literature and folklore
• "This encyclopedia examines the profound influence of folklore on literature. The more than 350 alphabetically arranged entries fall into four categories: writers and literary works that use folklore as a resource or source; concepts that make it easier to look at folklore and literature together; themes and characters that originated in oral literature but are also found in written literature; and scholars who have studied and contributed to the field of folklore and literature. The work concentrates on European and Western themes, including classical Greek and Roman. The introduction discusses the interest and connections between folklore and literature and ends with a bibliography".--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

803

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN41

LC item number

.E48 1998

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• encyclopedias