Peasant Customs And Savage Myths
£40.00
Publisher
Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Place
London
Date
1968
Synopsis
Selections from the british folklorists. edited by richard m. dorson. volume one.
Item Description
Large 8vo. 10 x 6.5 inches. x + 402 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust wrapper, which has edge wear, including head and tail of spine. Some foxing of flyleaves and page edges; otherwise a very good copy. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. Volume One only. The history of folklore in Britain with text extracts from the writings of the great folklorists, subdivided into the Antiquaries, the Mythologists, the Savage Folklorists and the 'Great Team' of Andrew Lang and his co-workers from the 1870s onwards. Richard M. Dorson (1916-81) was a pioneering US folklorist, Director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. He edited the Folktales of the World series, 1963-73.
[Stock No. 29793]
