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Folklore and Book Culture
Kevin J. Hayes
出版
Univ. of Tennessee Press
, 1997
主題
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Books & Reading
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN
0870499785
9780870499784
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-_Q77yLPK9cC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
To many observers, folklore and book culture might appear to be opposites. Folklore, after all, involves orally circulated stories and traditions while book culture is concerned with the transmission of written texts. However, as Kevin J. Hayes points out, there are many instances where the two intersect, and exploring those intersections is the purpose of this fascinating and provocative study. Hayes shows that the acquisition of knowledge and the ownership of books have not displaced folklore but instead have given rise to new beliefs and superstitions. Some book have generated new proverbs; others have fostered their own legends. Occasionally the book has served as an important motif in folklore, and in one folk genre - the flyleaf rhyme - the book itself has become the place where folklore occurs, thus indicating a lively interaction between folk, print, and manuscript culture. Solidly researched and venturing into areas long neglected by scholars, Folklore and Book Culture is a work that will engage not only folklorists but historians and literary scholars as well.