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The questing beast
- Title
- The questing beast / edited by Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith.
- Publication
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GR78 .Q847 1989 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 252 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Perspectives on contemporary legend ; v. 4
- Uniform Title
- Perspectives on contemporary legend ; v. 4.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Conference papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Legend: definition and classification: When is a legend?: an essay in legend morphology / Bill Ellis. Enough to constitute a legend? / Sandy Hobbs. Definitional problems in oral narrative / W.F.H. Nicolaisen. Contemporary legend: a legendary genre? / Paul Smith. The Berkeley contemporary legend files / John Niles -- pt. 2. Five local legends: Women's icon, occupational folklore and the media / Georgina Boyes. The hoodoo of the hanging tree / Sheila Douglas. The legend of Joaquin: 'The celebrated California bandit' / James L. Evans. Gravity Hill: belief and belief legend / Mark Glazer. The stories about the painted ceiling of St. Michael's Hildesheim: the problem of contemporary legend / Sigrid Schmidt -- pt. 3. Legends and society: Playful chaos: anatomy of a storytelling session / Gillian Bennett. The appearing hitchhiker: narrative acculturation among the Ramah Navajo / Keith and Kathryn Cunningham. The corporate folk-legend: marketing invention or consumer response / Brian McConnell.
- ISBN
- 185075120X
- 9781850751205
- LCCN
- 93110974
- OCLC
- ocm28548827
- 28548827
- SCSB-1937984
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library