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Condizione: Fine. 8vo. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 650p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Folk literature -- History and criticism. Heroes in literature -- Congresses. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Text in English. 650 pp. Bookplate on the front paste-down. Former owners name on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows moderate rubbing and wear on the edges. The Sesquicentenary of the publication of Kalevala, the national epic of Finland, was celebrated in 1985. This event was commemorated in a variety of ways in many diflerent countries. It was Ireland's privilege to mark this occasion by staging the International Folk Epic Conference, organized by the Department of Irish Folklore at University College Dublin. This Conference also commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment in 1935 of the former Irish Folklore Commission whose work is carried on by the Department of Irish Folklore. In the first week of September 1985, a gathering of scholars from all over the world assembled to discuss, under the headings Form, Function and Fantasy, the folk epic traditions of many lands and peoples. The papers they delivered - 28 in all- had, therefore, a wide geographic spread with experts on the African, Arabic, Faroese, Icelandic, Indian, Irish, Slavic, Turkish and Welsh traditions to the fore. Special attention was paid to the Kalevala itself, of course, and one day of the Conference was set aside for a discussion of the Fiannaiocht tradition common to Ireland and Scotland. The Heroic Process casts new light on many aspects of the subject of folk epic, bringing together under one cover outstanding contributions by leading experts in this field.…

First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 650p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Folk literature -- History and criticism. Heroes in literature -- Congresses. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardcover and dsut jacket in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slight handling). The Proceedings of the International Folk Epic Conference University College Dublin 2-6 September 1985. 650 pages. DJ protected by a clear, removeable cover. [2.1 lbs]. Book.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.