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The Selected Writings of Andrew Lang

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The Selected Writings of Andrew Lang book

The Selected Writings of Andrew Lang

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The Selected Writings of Andrew Lang book

Edited ByTom Hubbard
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2017
eBook Published 12 January 2017
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315537672
Pages 492 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315537672
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
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Ray, C., Hubbard, T. (Ed.). (2017). The Selected Writings of Andrew Lang. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315537672

A novelist, poet, literary critic and anthropologist, Andrew Lang is best known for his publications on folklore, mythology and religion; many have grown up with the ‘colour’ Fairy Books which he compiled between 1889 and 1910. This three volume set presents a selection of his work in these areas. The first volume covers the general and theoretical aspects of Lang’s work on folklore, mythology and anthropology along with the tools and concepts which he used in his often combative contributions to these inter-related disciplines. As a companion to the first volume, the second is comprised of various case studies made by Lang, ranging from ‘The Aryan Races of Peru’ and ‘The Folk-lore of France’ to ‘Irish Fairies’ and ‘The Ballads, Scottish and English’. The third volume arranges his literary criticism, first by geo-cultural context and then chronologically. It begins with Lang’s views on the nature and purpose of fiction, then presents samples of his work on some of the most important authors in the respective canons of French, American, Scottish and English literature including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Burns and Charles Dickens among many others, mainly of the nineteenth century.

Collectively, the General Introduction to the set and the Introductions to the individual volumes offer a thorough overview of Lang’s work in an astonishing variety of fields, including his translation work on Homer and his contributions to historiography (particularly Scottish). The Introduction to Volume III sets Lang within the context of the literature of his times, comparing and contrasting him with significant contemporaries. Headnotes to the individual items are of varying length and provide more detail on specific topics, and explanatory notes supply unique intellectual comment rather than merely factual information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |100 pages

Folklore, mythology, anthropology

part |2 pages

Note on the texts

chapter |14 pages

Introduction to Volume II

chapter |114 pages

Folklore, mythology, anthropology

part |2 pages

Note on the texts

chapter |12 pages

Introduction to Volume III

chapter |27 pages

General topics

chapter |30 pages

French literature

chapter |27 pages

American literature

chapter |37 pages

Scottish literature

chapter |43 pages

English literature

chapter |2 pages

Chronology of Andrew Lang’s life

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