Morphology of the Folktale: Second Edition (American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series) - Softcover

Propp, V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292783760 ISBN 13: 9780292783768

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1971

Synopsis

This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale.

About this title

Review:

"Propp's work is seminal...[and], now that it is available in a new edition, should be even more valuable to folklorists who are directing their attention to the form of the folktale, especially to those structural characteristics which are common to many entries coming from even different cultures." Source: Choice

"It was primarily Claude Lévi-Strauss who made Propp's book popular outside the small circle of Western Slavicists: he immediately recognized the importance of Propp's methodology not only for the study of the fairy-tale, but generally for the study of narrative folklore. [Lévi-Strauss] expressed his admiration for all those”'who for a long time have been Propp's successors without knowing it."" Source: Times Literary Supplement

About the Author:

Vladimir Propp was born in Petersburg, April 29, 1895. In 1932 he was called to a position at the University of Leningrad and went on to make major contributions to Russian folklore studies, comparative mythology, and the classification of folklore genres. His international fame is closely tied to the contributions he made to the structural analysis of folklore in Morphology of the Folktale.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0292783760
• ISBN 13: 9780292783768
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Wagner Louis A.