Interpreting Legend (RLE Folklore): Danish Storytellers and their Repertoires

by Timothy Tangherlini

Overview

This volume is a large collection of folk literature. It is an in-depth exploration of rural Denmark, and provides an excellent vantage point from which to understand legends in their cultural contexts and within the lives of their tellers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138845534
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2016
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Legends and Legend Scholarship 2. Who, What, Why: A Methodology for 3. Interpreting Legend 4. Who, To Whom: Kristensen’s Collection and Informants 5. Exceptional Legend Informants and Their Repertoires 6. The Life and Legends of a Confirmed Bachelor: Peder Johansen’s Repertoire 7. Upward Mobility and Legend: Kirsten Marie Pedersdatter’s Repertoire 8. Spinning Yarn(s): Jens Peter Pedersen’s Repertoire 9. Conclusion