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STORYTELLING BIBLIOGRAPHY

Janice M. Del Negro, PhD

Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, & Indexes

Aarne, Antti. The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography. Translated and revised by Stith Thompson. 1961, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1995. ISBN 0-2533-2959-0 and ISBN 9780253329592.
Ashliman, D. L. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System. Greenwood, 1987. ISBN 0-3132-5961-5 and ISBN 9780313259616.
Baughman, Ernest. Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America. Mouton, 1966. ISBN 9-0279-0046-9 and ISBN 9789027900463. Briggs, Katherine M. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. Indiana University, 1991. ISBN 0-4150-6696-4 and ISBN 9780415066969.
———. An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon, 1978. ISBN 0-394-40918-3 and ISBN 9780394409184.
Eastman, Mary. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends. Faxon, 2008. Supplements 1 and 2, 1937, 1952. ISBN 1-4366-7697-5 and ISBN 9781436676977.
Greene, Ellin, and George Shannon. Storytelling: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. Garland, 1986. ISBN 0-824-08749-6 and ISBN 9780824087494.
Ireland, Norma Olin, comp. Index to Fairy Tales, 1949–1972, Including Folklore, Legends, and Myths in Collections. Third Supplement. Scarecrow Press, 1973. ISBN 0-8108-2011-0 and ISBN 9780810820111.
———. Index to Fairy Tales, 1973–1977, Including Folklore, Legends, and Myths in Collections. Fourth Supplement. Scarecrow Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8108-1855-8 and ISBN 9780810818552.
Ireland, Norma Olin, and Joseph W. Sprug, comps. Index to Fairy Tales, 1978–1986, Including Folklore, Legends, and Myths in Collections. Fifth Supplement. Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8108-2194-X and ISBN 9780810821941.
Leach, Maria, ed. Funk & Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. 2 vols. Harper San Francisco, 1984. ISBN 0-06-250511-4 and ISBN 9780062505118.
Leeming, David A., ed. Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World. Oryx Press, 1997. ISBN 1-5735-6025-1 and ISBN 9781573560252.
Livo, Norma. Storytelling Folklore Sourcebook. Libraries Unlimited, 1991. ISBN 0-8728-7601-2 and ISBN 9780872876019. MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Storyteller’s Sourcebook: A Subject, Title and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children. Neal-Schuman, Gale Research, 1982. ISBN 0-8103-0471-6 and ISBN 9780810304710.
MacDonald, Margaret Read, and Brian Sturm. The Storyteller’s Sourcebook: A Subject, Title and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children 1983–1999. Gale Cengage, 2001. ISBN 9780810354851. Sprug, Joseph W. Index to Fairy Tales, 1987–1992: Including 310 Collections of Fairy Tales, Folktales, Myths, and Legends, with Significant Pre-1987 Titles Not Previously Indexed. Scarecrow Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8108-2750-6 and ISBN 9780810827509.
Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Medieval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-books, and Local Legends. Indiana University, 1956. ISBN 0-253-33887-5 and ISBN 9780253338877.
Ziegler, Elsie B. Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography and Index to Single Editions. Faxon, 1973. ISBN 0-87305-100-9 and ISBN 9780873051002.
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