Folklore, Literature, and Cultural Theory: Collected Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138974432)

First published in 1996. The need to write, particularly in pre-technological recording days, in order to preserve and to analyze, lies at the heart of folklore and yet to write means to change the medium in which much folk communication and art actually took and takes place. In Part I of the collection, the contributors address literary constructions of traditional and emergent cultures, those of Leslie Marmon Silko, Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora, Carmen Tafolla, Julio Cortázar, Milan Kundera, Franz Kafka, Philip Roth, Thomas Hardy, and Dacia Maraini. The contributors to Part II of the collection offer readings of a variety of traditional, vernacular, and local performances.

Author: Cathy L. Preston
ISBN-10: 1138974439
ISBN-13: 9781138974432
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2016
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback