1 “... collected by scholars, but also by the ordinary rural populace interested in their own traditions...”

2 “... to this phenomenon, bringing together the insights of a geographically and demographically diverse range of scholars...”

3 “... and literary routes. On the other hand, seventeenth-century scholars cultivated a new academic interest in what...”

4 “... of primary source material into scholarly texts. This book is part of our World Oral Literature Series...”