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Author Tangherlini, Timothy R., author.

Title Interpreting Legend : Danish Storytellers and their Repertoires / Timothy R. Tangherlini
Published Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015
©1994

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge library editions: Folklore ; volume 9
Routledge library editions. Folklore ; volume 9.
Contents Cover; Half Title ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Legends and Legend Scholarship; 2 Who, What, Why: A Methodology for Interpreting Legend; 3 Who, To Whom: Kristensen's Collection and Informants; 4 Exceptional Legend Informants and Their Repertoires; Table of Informants; Analysis of Informant Repertoires; 5 The Life and Legends of a Confirmed Bachelor: Peder Johansen's Repertoire; 6 Upward Mobility and Legend: Kirsten Marie Pedersdatter's Repertoire
7 Spinning Yarn(s): Jens Peter Pedersen's Repertoire8 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book, first published in 1994, sets 'repertoire against raconteur' in order to explore one of the world's largest collections of folk literature. The author's findings, and his creative and synthetic methodologies, enhance greatly our understanding of the world of the legend, and especially the basic question of 'Who tells what to whom in the form of a legend and why?' This work is an in-depth exploration of rural Denmark, and provides us with an excellent vantage point from which to understand legends in their cultural contexts and within the lives of their tellers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Vendor-supplied metadata
Subject Folklore -- Denmark -- History and criticism
Storytelling -- Denmark
Oral tradition -- Denmark
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Folklore
Oral tradition
Storytelling
Denmark
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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