Richard Dorson
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Richard Mercer Dorson was an American folklorist, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. Dorson has been called the "father of American folklore" and "the dominant fo
Richard M. Dorson
Dorson criticized the commercialization of folk traditions, specifically that of Paul Bunyan.
Folklore studies
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Folklore studies is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture
Richard Dorson
…Richard Mercer Dorson (March 12, 1916 – September 11, 1981) was an American folklorist, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. Dorson has been called the "father of American folklore" and "the dominant…
Front cover of Folklore: "He loses his hat: Judith Philips riding a man", from: The Brideling, Sadling, and Ryding, of a rich Churle in Hampshire (1595)
Brothers Grimm (1916)
Federal Writers Project
2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival