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Comparisons to a Creature Not Identified as Animal or Man
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
[1960s]
This file contains two typed copies of a paper by Sanderson on riddles containing comparisons to a living creature/being, 38 leaves; and typed and ms. notes by Sanderson detailing formatting and corre...
Proverbial Reference in the Novels of Arnold Bennett
Hands, Samuel
1966
[M.A.] thesis comprising eight chapters on Arnold Bennett's use of proverbs in his novels. The chapters are titled Techniques and Sources, The Proverb: Meaning and Use, The Novelist in his Chosen Loca...
An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset
Palmer, Kingsley
1971
M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...
The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1
Morgan, John S
1972
M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...
Sound Recording, Northamptonshire
Skelton, G
[1979]
Male speaker [?originally from Norfolk], recorded in Wellingborough; recites a selection of narratives (monologues and anecdotes), a poem by C. L. Lewis, and poems from a volume of Norfolk dialect ver...
Some Chewa Folk Stories from Central Malawi
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S
1978
M.A. dissertation which discusses a methodological approach to the study of Chewa traditional narratives, drawing on fieldwork carried out in the Central Region of Malawi between August 1975 and Septe...
The Wise Men of Gotham
Lewis, Wendy Hilary
1974
An examination of thirty-four tales told by, and of, the people of Gotham in Nottinghamshire, with reference both to published and oral versions of stories which tell of the foolishness and trickery o...
The Romance of Sassi: A Critical and Comparative Study
Shan, Harnam Singh
1964
A study of the Indian tragic romance legend of 'Sassi Punnun', submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Indian Lore and Literature) in the Arts Faculty of the University of London, through th...
Oral History Research Papers
[1950s-1981]
Three copies of a leaflet on the oral history programme at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; and an article on George Freeston and his efforts to record and preserve the history of Blisworth, ...
Sound Recordings, [Liverpool]
Bond, Francis Keith
[1973/1974]
Unidentified male informant talks about Army life during World War Two, rationing, and relates various humorous anecdotes. [Tr. 3] René Bond talks about her experience as a fourteen year old living...
Maori Folk Literature 1
Dewes, Koro
1974
This file contains photocopies of two typed papers by Koro Dewes, being 'Maori Literature: A Tentative Framework for Study' ( Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Anthropology and Maori), ...
Some Experiments on the Reproduction of Folk-Stories
Bartlett, Sir Frederic C (1887-1969)
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of Sir Frederic Bartlett's paper reporting on the results of a psychological experiment conducted through the University of Cambridge Psychological Laboratory, on how st...