A Folkloristas Progress: Reflections of a Scholaras Life Contributor(s): Thompson, Stith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1879407094 ISBN-13: 9781879407091 Publisher: Indiana University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 1996 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Special Publications of the Folklore Institute |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 97110348 |
Series: Special Publications of the Folklore Institute |
Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.39" W x 9.22" L (1.74 lbs) 354 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: Stith Thompson (1885-1976), often called the father of U.S. folklore, completed A Folklorist's Progress in 1956. This reflection on his life leads the reader on a journey from his birthplace in Kentucky to the universities of Wisconsin, Harvard, California, Texas, and finally Indiana University. Throughout his career he interacted with scholars throughout the world. His life story reveals his influence on the direction of American folklore scholarship in this century. His influence moved the study of folklore from a romantic approach to a scientific approach. He helped establish folklore on firm academic footing. One of the most important results of his research efforts is the now classic Motif-Index of Folklore-Literature. This published edition of A Folklorist's Progress is enhanced with photographs and facsimiles, excerpts from his wife Louise Thompson's travel diaries, and glosses identifying the main accomplishments of some fifty folklorists and kindred scholars mentioned in the text. |
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