Interpreting Folklore

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..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to bothstudents and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modernfolklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine"Itis impossible ever to remain unimpressed with (Dundes') excursuses, however much onemay be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for ModernLanguage StudiesOften controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship isalways provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess thematerial folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpretfolklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature andculture.