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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: Volume One, A-C; A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exem

by Stith Thompson

ISBN13: 9780253338815
ISBN10: 0253338816
Condition: Standard

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"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." --Southern Folklore Quarterly

"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." --Volkskunde

"An invaluable aid to students and scholars... " --Reference and Research Book News

Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.

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ISBN:: 9780253338815
Binding:: Hardcover
Publication date:: 01/22/1960
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Language:: English
Pages:: 556
Height:: 1.57IN
Width:: 6.28IN
Thickness:: 1.57 in.
LCCN:: 89019758
Number of Units:: 1
Copyright Year:: 1960
UPC Code:: 2800253338817
Author:: Stith Thompson
Author:: Stith Thompson
Author:: Thompson Stith
Subject:: Classification
Subject:: Folk literature -- Themes, motives.
Subject:: Bibliography
Subject:: Folk literature -- Classification.
Subject:: Reference-Bibliography and Library Science

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