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American Folklore

American Folklore

Dorson, Richard M.

Paperback

Series: Chicago History of American Civilization

Mythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 0226158594
ISBN13: 9780226158594
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jan 15 1961
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.27 Depth: 8.06
Language: English
Here, grounded firmly in American history, is a skilled folklorist's survey of the entire field of America's folklore-from colonization to mass culture.

Tracing the forms and content of American folklore, Mr. Dorson reveals the richness, pathos, and humor of genuine folklore, which he distinguishes from the fakelore of popularizers and chauvinists. At the same time, however, he shows what the creation of spurious folklore (the Paul Bunyan legends, for instance) discloses about our national character. Based upon authentic field collections and research, the examples cited include folkways, jests, boasts, tall tales, ballads, folk and legendary heroes.

His volume enlarges our understanding of the American past and present through an empirical survey of the extant folk traditions and it also provides us with the means for appreciating what is valuable in these folk traditions.-Virginia Quarterly Review

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