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The European Folktale: Form and Nature (Folklore Studies in Translation)
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Product Description
"Niles' excellent translation should bring Lüthi's sensitive and articulate study the recognition it deserves among English readers." -- Library Journal
Lüthi demonstrates how the folktale, by its very distance from reality, can play upon the most important themes of human existence.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #654729 in Books
- Published on: 1986-09-01
- Original language: German
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 200 pages
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Text: English, German (translation)
Customer Reviews
A key to the world of fantasy
Luthi's book, like Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment," Stith Thompson's "The Folktale" and Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale," is an indispensable guide and resource on the folktale, covering all the elements that make folktales "tick": their abstract style, one-dimensional characters, and deliberate lack of detail regarding locale. In addition, he touches upon symbolism and what he calls the folktale's "true" and "false" styles. I most appreciate his minute dissection and analysis of all the components of the folktale. My field is folklore research, and I feel Luthi's "The European Folktale," has helped me to understand folktales more than any other book. This is all the more remarkable when one considers that this is a relatively slim volume (164 pages).
A key to the world of fantasy
Luthi's book, like Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment," Stith Thompson's "The Folktale" and Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale," is an indispensable guide and resource on the folktale, covering all the elements that make folktales "tick": their abstract style, one-dimensional characters, and deliberate lack of detail regarding locale. In addition, he touches upon symbolism and what he calls the folktale's "true" and "false" styles. I most appreciate his minute dissection and analysis of all the components of the folktale. My field is folklore research, and I feel Luthi's "The European Folktale," has helped me to understand folktales more than any other book. This is all the more remarkable when one considers that this is a relatively slim volume (164 pages).
