Books in the Folkloristics series

" -AnthropologicaPresents the first history of the new field of oral-formulaic theory, which arose from the pioneering research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord on the Homeric poems.

Examines the split between literary folklorists and anthropological folklorists.

Includes essays devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World.

Examines folk music as a genre of folklore from a cross-cultural perspective. This work espouses a different view of folk music, stressing its vitality in non-Western cultures as well as Western.