Folklore and book culture
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1997 - University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee
Language
English
Word Count
41,750 words, Guess
Page Count
167 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1005996M
- ISBN-100870499785
- OCLC Control Number35723642
- OCLC Control Numberfolklorebookcult00haye
- Library of Congress Control Number96045802
and 2 more
- LibraryThing8497276
- Goodreads782464
Classifications
- DDC398/.09
- LCCGR41.3 .H39 1997
Description
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.
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