Following tradition : folklore in the discourse of American culture / / Simon J. Bronner.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Bronner, Simon J.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xv, 599 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• 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.