Variations in Folkloristic Discourse in the Nineteenth-Century Press: Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796–1877), Joseph Mainzer (1801–1851), Adolf Glassbrenner (1810–1867)
Christiane Schwab
Abstract:This article highlights the connections between the production of folkloristic knowledge and expanding print markets in mid-nineteenth-century Europe. Looking at folkloristic writings from diverse geographical and social contexts, the article primarily focuses on the diverse socio-political and aesthetic sensitivities attached to the increased public interest in popular traditions. While Cecilia Böhl de Faber promoted a strongly idealizing and conservative view of the lower classes of the Spanish countryside, … Show more
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