Peasant Customs and Savage Myths: Selections from the British Folklorists
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The word "folklore" was coined in 1846 by an English antiquary, William John Thoms, although Professor Dorson's intellectual history of the folklore movement shows that the study of folklore had its origins in an earlier period. Educated men and women in many fields, especially in Victorian times, succumbed to the fascination of noting curious tales and odd rituals both at home and abroad. The British Folklorists describes how the influence...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226158675
ISBN13:9780226158679
Release Date:January 1969
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:761 Pages
Weight:1.54 lbs.
Dimensions:3.3" x 10.0" x 13.5"
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