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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 & 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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This is the first book to examine the literary history of the United States in terms of the chronological occurrence of significant events and activities. This comprehensive volume lists the dates of birth and death of literary figures, important historical facts, and the authors and titles of works published for each year, from Colonial times to the present. The compiler's introduction offers an interesting and informative discussion of how, from little more than a list of author's titles, and events, we may observe a year in the history of a nation, through the political, scientific, and social developments that fired the imaginations of America's writers, and fed the appetites of a growing reading public. ... Read more

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Despite protestations to the contrary, myth criticism did not die with modernism: witness the more than 1000 illuminating sources in this reference book culled from thousands more published in the post-modernist era between 1970 and 1990. Seven authors, each a specialist in a literary period, have selected and carefully annotated recent critical works, some proceeding from traditional pyschological or anthropological stances and others taking new directions. The opening chapter surveys work done on the mythic or archetypal approach in general; the second chapter covers materials on myth in classical literature; and the following chapters correspond to periods in British and American literature. Included are general studies, studies of particular authors, and a subject index. ... Read more

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A real page-turner
As one of the writers of this delightful little tome, I must say that it's a delightful read.Pithy, quirky, romantic, superfluous . . . pick an adjective and it undoubtedly applies.I find it hard to believe that there are nearly 4 million books on Amazon that sell more copies than this one. ... Read more

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This work discusses the relationship between film and literature, explaining and evaluating the issues most frequently raised on the subject. It also lists nearly 2,500 articles and books published from 1908 to 1985 on the comparison of film to drama, fiction, and poetry. These comparisons arose shortly after the first appearance of moving pictures as writers attempted to establish the differences between movies and drama. The study has since grown into a significant scholarly concern. ... Read more

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Comprehensive overview of literary works that illuminate the experiences of aging. Bibliographical essays analyze the ideas or themes relating to over 70 topics. Lengthy critical annotations accompany the more than 350 literary works, across various genres, on the different topics. An introduction, how to use the work section, careful cross-referencing, and author and subject indexes make this a useful research tool for gerontologists, health-care professionals, and general readers concerned with aging. ... Read more

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This annotated bibliography of 19th-century literature by and about American textile factory workers examines 457 texts, including novels, short fiction, poetry, drama, narratives, and children's literature, and offers new insights into 19th-century working-class culture. The textile industry was the premier and largest 19th-century industry in the United States. The texts, drawn from a variety of publications, such as workers' periodicals, mainstream publishers' monographs, newspapers, magazines, story papers, dime novels, pulp publications, and Sunday-school tracts, reveal the variety and complexity of the factory literature and represent the largest body of American working-class women's literature. The literature explores a number of women's concerns, such as their roles as workers, sexual harassment, marriage, motherhood, and homo-affectional and heterosexual relationships, and treats the factory work experience of hundreds of thousands of 19th-century children. Annotations are divided among fourteen topical chapters that highlight such key issues as women's independence, class bias, child labor, technology, and protest. Most entries include information on text availability, including microform reprints and U.S. library holdings for rare titles. ... Read more

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This unique bibliography surveys works for children written by literary figures usually studied in colleges and universities. While Apseloff concentrates on authors in the literary field, prominent philosophers and historians are examined as well. She identifies the major adult literary figures who produced works for children or whose adult work has subsequently been adapted for children. Although the emphasis is on American and British literary figures, such as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, D.H. Lawrence, C.S. Lewis, Oscar Wilde, and Robert Browning, among others, the book also includes Tolstoy, Voltaire, Lorca, Cervantes, and other continental writers. ... Read more

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"This work will be useful for researchers at any level and is essential to libraries supporting popular culture studies. It belongs in any large reference collection." Choice ... Read more

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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 & 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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As invaluable to mythology as the OED is to English studies.
This set of books classify all known myths and folk tales, in terms of both story and motif. Invariably, any book analyzing myths will simply use Thompson's notation (Aa ###) whenever placing the myths discussed in a multi-cultural or syncretic context. For an understanding of Thompson's work rather than referencing the literally encyclopedic result, see _Types_of_the_Folktale_. ... Read more

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This is a bibliographical guide to the primary sources and central texts of American Gothic literature. The book collects, selects, identifies, and classifies all specimens of American Gothic literary activity from its initial expression at the end of the 18th century in the novels of Charles Brockden Brown, to the writings of the modern masters such as H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Joyce Carol Oates, and Stephen King. The core bibliography brings together approximately 600 entries selected to suggest the development and variety of American Gothic endeavor in both its popular and more serious manifestations. ... Read more

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This index is intended primarily for the use of students of folklore and custom and of comparative literature. To this end, the references to early Irish or Hiberno-Latin sources are frequently supplemented by references to modern scholarly works in which motifs found in Celtic are cited for purposes of comparative study in various fields of literary or cultural history, such as mediaeval romance. A few references to early Welsh documents have also been added, and, though no effort has been made to cover modern Irish folklore, scattered references to that field have also been inserted. To insure as wide usefulness as possible, preference is given to translations contained in books of relatively easy accessibility, and more than one reference is frequently given to different translations of a single motif.-- from the Preface

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This handbook is the first-ever reference to the four 17th-century Shakespeare folios, their chronology, locations, and monetary values. Containing the first census of the editions in 50 years, it shows which libraries in the U.S. hold folios, how they got to these institutions, and what the copies are like. Also included is a biographical dictionary of publishers, editors, collectors, and scholars, descriptions of famous copies, a list of donors, and discussions of bindings and folio lore, how they have been valued monetarily and is the first census of Shakespeare conducted in the last 50 years. ... Read more

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A wonderful reference!
This is an absolutely wonderful reference.In addition to the raw data, there are sections on major sales, famous folios, famous individuals involved, brief material histories, and a delightful section entitled "Shakespeare Folio Lore".The compiler's perspective as a Librarian is also a welcome change from typical Shakespearian scholarship.This is a wonderful book to consult if you suffer from a biblio-fetish.It is also one of the few books I've seen to give much needed attention to the F2, F3, and F4. ... Read more

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With the publication of her first book, The Little House in the Big Woods (1932), Laura Ingalls Wilder became an almost overnight success as a writer of children's literature. This reference is a comprehensive compilation of works and research done on her from the first appearance of commentary to mid-1995. Citations are included for books, booklets, articles, theses, dissertations, and book reviews, and the annotations discuss the contents of these works. Entries are grouped in chapters devoted to critical works, biographical works, teaching studies and materials, teaching kits, serial publications, and book reviews. A brief introduction overviews the present state of Wilder studies, and detailed indexes conclude the volume. ... Read more