All the World's Reward: Folktales Told by Five Scandinavian Storytellers

Bys: Kvideland, Reimund and Sehmsdorf, Henning K.

Book Overview

All the World's Reward presents ninety-eight tales from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Swedish-speaking Finland, and Iceland. Each area is represented by the complete recorded repertoire of a single storyteller. Such a focus helps place the stories in the context of the communities in which they were performed and also reveals how individual folk artists used the medium of oral literature to make statements about their lives and their world. Some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029597754X
• ISBN13: 9780295977546
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher