Legend and Belief – Dialectics of a Folklore Genre Dégh Hardback 9780253339294
Legend and BeliefDialectics of a Folklore Genre\nAuthor(s): Linda Dgh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253339294, 978-0253339294\nSynopsis\nLegend and Belief\n Dialectics of a Folklore Genre\n Linda Dgh\n An acclaimed folklorist asks \""What is legend?\""\n Legend and Belief is a descriptive and analytical study of the legend, the most prolific and characteristic form of folklore in contemporary Western civilization. Not that the legend does not have ancient roots; like the tale, the joke, the ballad, the proverb, and mummery, it was also a part of an archaic preindustrial tradition. But the legendas old as conversation and debate, and similarly questioning the human conditionwas able to survive technological innovations. It has remained contemporaneous, whereas many other genres succumbed to their own anachronism. The legend's concerns are universal and eternal, touching on the most sensitive areas o]
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