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See all books authored by alan dundes, including the study of folklore, and when youre up to your ass in alligators, and more on. Quotations by alan dundes, american educator, born september 8, 1934. His scholarship and passion for the field played a significant role in establishing the study of folklore as an academic discipline. After studying at yale university, where he received a b. Alan dundes has 59 books on goodreads with 6933 ratings. He has been described as widely credited with helping to shape modern folklore. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Browse alan dundess bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. He has been described as widely credited with helping to shape modern folklore scholarship, and one of the most admired and influential folklorists in the world he wrote 12 books, both academic and popular, and edited or cowrote two dozen more. Alan dundes september 8, 1934 march 30, 2005 was an american folklorist, an instructor at the university of california, berkeley, and a leading figure in folkloristic scholarship, widely. The motifindex of folkliterature is a six volume catalogue of motifs, granular elements of folklore, composed by american folklorist stith thompson 19321936, revised and expanded.
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