| Author/Contributor(s): | Olrik, Axel |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Date: | 06/22/1992 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
. . . it is full of clever ideas and observations, and alive with the personality of the writer--lucid, astute and fair. --British Folklore Studies Forum
Olrik's Grundsætninger sets forth a number of the basic principles for the study of folklore and outlines his epic laws of oral narrative. With this long-awaited translation, English readers now have available the rules which became the foundation of many folklore programs and the basis for the study of folk narrative.