Folklore; A Quarterly Review Of Myth, Tradition, Institution & Custom Incorporating The Archaeological Review And The Folk-Lore Journal (Volume I) 189 - Paperback

A vivid window onto Britain's living beliefs and customs. Ancient voices reach us still. Volume I (1890) of Folklore reproduces the original quarterly review that set the tone for modern folk studies: a folklore anthology and myth and tradition collection where field observation meets comparative thought. Collected here are essays, correspondences and reviews that chart British folk customs, archaeological reflections and debates about origin, meaning and continuity. As a quarterly folklore review it juxtaposes local reportage with broader comparative mythology studies, allowing readers to follow questions of rite, narrative and institution as both local practice and cultural pattern. The writing varies from brisk field notes to learned essays, but throughout it preserves the immediacy of enquiry into ancient rituals and beliefs and the social contexts that sustained them. This issue matters. It is an early folklore society journal and a classic folklore compendium, important not only to specialists of nineteenth century studies but to anyone curious about how myth and custom were recorded at the turn of the era. Restored for research and for general interest, the book serves as an academic folklore resource and a practical reference for folklorists, historians and students of comparative myth. Casual readers interested in seasonal rites, superstition and rural life will find vivid reportage; classic-literature collectors, university libraries and cultural historians will recognise a primary document that illuminates Victorian era folklore and the formation of the discipline itself. Carefully edited and lively in tone, the volume preserves contemporary debates on method and evidence so readers can observe how observation, interpretation and collecting practice united into early folklore scholarship. It captures the argument as much as the material, making it a teaching resource as well as a pleasure to read. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.