Following Tradition
Simon J. Bronner.
- 1 online resource (xv, 599 p.) : ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-589) and index.
The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. Shoemaker and the fable of public folklore -- Richard Dorson and the great debates -- Displaying American tradition in folk arts.
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Oral tradition--United States. Folklore--United States.