Reviews

"A superb sophisticated discussion of reigning folklore theories . . . stimulating and provocative. There is nothing like this book in print. It will inspire a good deal of discussion . . ."--Alan Dundes, author of Interpreting Folklore and editor of The Study of Folklore"Simon Bronner is the leading historian of the folklore studies discipline in America, and this book offers the richness of his knowledge. . . . Indeed, it is a landmark."--Howard W. Marshall, author of Folk Architecture in Little Dixie: A Regional Culture in Missouri