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FLR 407/507 Fantastic and Weird

Discussion of Marvelous, Uncanny and Weird Storytelling in the context of Ecocritical Awareness. From the Brothers Grimm to speculative fiction.

General Reference Resources

Chevalier, Jean, and Alain Gheerbrant. A Dictionary of Symbols. Oxford ; Blackwell, 1994.

Clements, William M. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Garry, Jane, and Hasan M. El-Shamy, editors. Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature : A Handbook. Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 2005. doi:10.4324/9781315097121. ONLINE

Green, Thomas A. Folklore : An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1997.

Jobes, Gertrude. Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1961. Available ONLINE via HathiTrust

Leach, Maria, and Jerome Fried, editors. Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1949.

Pickering, David. A Dictionary of Folklore. New York: Facts on File, 1999.

Sherman, Josepha. Storytelling : An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore. Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 2008.

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