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HC 434H Magic-Uncanny Tale

Topics center encountering and critically reflecting upon cultures, identities, and ways of being in global contexts beyond the United States.

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.
 
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. Also 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.