The annotated edition of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe
Details and links: https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe
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Ten things you get in the annotated edition of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe
1. Three chunky volumes (815 pages, 617 pages, and 665 pages).
2. Original prefaces from eight editions.
3. Jørgen Moe’s substantial introduction to the folktales, in which he discusses the origins of folk narratives, and how the Norwegian material exemplifies his ideas.
4. All 122 folktales Asbjørnsen & Moe published during their careers.
5. 28 hulder tales and folk legends, a genre Asbjørnsen defined, in which he embeds the legends of the hidden folk.
6. Approximately 350 illustrations by some of the most accomplished artists Norway has known, including Hans Gude, Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen.
7. Asbjørnsen & Moe’s notes on the folktales, which detail the variant(s) the collectors used to compose each folktale, sketch out other variants they collected, and compare the Norwegian folktales with similar traditions from other regions.
8. Newly-researched editor’s notes, which identify the collector responsible for the composition of each text, give collection data, including tale type, geographical origin, collector, informant, and date of collection, sketch biographical details of informants, where known, give previous publication and translation details, trace historical and literary sources, and draw attention to points of particular interest.
9. Editor’s prefaces to each volume, which trace the publication history of the original volumes represented, as well as previous translations.
10. Comprehensive – perhaps even exhaustive – bibliographies to each volume.
Details and links: https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe
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Buy an unrestricted ePub, or get it on Kindle.
Then wait a month or so before you begin to read a text a day for Advent.
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Table of contents, links to buy the book, and financial details (to ward off any idea that I am enriching myself at your expense).
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The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe
https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe
In three volumes:
- 150 published folktales and hulder tales and folk legends, including:
- 122 folktales
- 28 hulder tales and folk legends
- A score of texts appearing in English for the first time
- Three folktales added to the collection for the first time
- Original prefaces from eight editions
- Jørgen Moe’s substantial scholarly introduction to the Norwegian folktales
- More than 350 illustrations by, among others:
- Theodor Kittelsen
- Erik Werenskiold
- Otto Sinding
- Hans Gude
- Adolph Tidemand
- August Schneider
- Johan Eckersberg
- Asbjørnsen’s and Moe’s original notes on the majority of the folktales; these:
- Note the variant(s) the collectors used to compose each folktale
- Sketch out other variants they collected
- Compare the Norwegian folktales with similar traditions from other regions
- Newly-researched editor’s notes on every folktale and hulder tale and folk legend; these:
- Identify the collector responsible for the composition of each text
- Note collection data, including tale type, geographical origin, collector, informant, and date of collection
- Sketch biographical details of informants, where known
- Give previous publication and translation details
- Trace historical and literary sources
- Draw attention to points of particular interest
- A comprehensive bibliography in each volume
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I have uploaded .pdf copies of both editions of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe to ko-fi, where they are now available for purchase at less-than-half the cost of the Amazon paperback books.
Details and links on my Website here:
https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe
I think you should choose the annotated edition; here’s what you get:
1. Three chunky volumes (815 pages, 617 pages, and 665 pages).
2. Original prefaces from eight editions.
3. Jørgen Moe’s substantial introduction to the folktales, in which he discusses the origins of folk narratives, and how the Norwegian material exemplifies his ideas.
4. All 122 folktales Asbjørnsen & Moe published during their careers.
5. 28 hulder tales and folk legends, a genre Asbjørnsen defined, in which he embeds the legends of the hidden folk.
6. Approximately 350 illustrations by some of the most accomplished artists Norway has known, including Hans Gude, Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen.
7. Asbjørnsen & Moe’s notes on the folktales, which detail the variant(s) the collectors used to compose each folktale, sketch out other variants they collected, and compare the Norwegian folktales with similar traditions from other regions.
8. Newly-researched editor’s notes, which identify the collector responsible for the composition of each text, give collection data, including tale type, geographical origin, collector, informant, and date of collection, sketch biographical details of informants, where known, give previous publication and translation details, trace historical and literary sources, and draw attention to points of particular interest.
9. Editor’s prefaces to each volume, which trace the publication history of the original volumes represented, as well as previous translations.
10. Comprehensive – perhaps even exhaustive – bibliographies to each volume.
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Norwegian hard rockers Conception have organized four successful camps with fans, an unusual and unique way to crowdfund their albums and tours which have created close relationships between the band and their fans. The first four camps have...
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