Morphology of the Folktale
Second Edition
V Propp author Laurence Scott translator Louis A Wagner editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Published:1st Jan '68
£18.99
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"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
The classic work on forms of the folktale.This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale.
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 Lévi-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. [Lévi-Strauss] expressed his admiration for all those”'who for a long time have been Propp's successors without knowing it." * Times Literary Supplement *
ISBN: 9780292783768
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
Weight: 227g
184 pages