Folklore and Literature Studies in the Portuguese, Brazilian, Sephardic, and Hispanic Oral Traditions

• Main Author: Fontes, Manuel da Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Press 2000
• Series: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
• Subjects: Literature and folklore > Portugal; Literature and folklore > Spain; Literature and folklore > Brazil; Folk literature, Portuguese > History and criticism; Folk literature, Spanish > History and criticism
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• Physical Description: viii, 327 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references : (pages 279-307) and index
• ISBN: 9780791444924; 0791444929

Folklore and Literature shows how modern folklore supplements an understanding of the early oral tradition and enhances the knowledge of the early literature. Besides documenting how writers incorporated folklore into their works, this book allows us to understand crucial passages whose learned authors took for granted a familiarity with the oral tradition, thus enabling us to restore those passages to their intended meaning. Studying the vicissitudes of oral transmission in great detail, this is the first book exclusively dedicated to the relationship between folklore and literature in a Luso-Brazilian context, taking into account the pan-Hispanic and other traditions as well. Some of the folkloric passages included are: Puputiriru; Celestina; El idolatra de Maria; Remando Vao Remadores; Barca Bela; Flerida; and Don Duarodos.