Alan Dundes

  • 6

    Catalog books

  • 6

    Works

  • 1984 to 2012

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Alan Dundes has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 6 catalog-linked books across 1984 to 2012, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with "The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1984 to 2012; the most common copies on this page tend to come from "Proverbium" in association with the Dept. of German and Russian, University of Vermont and Univ of Tennessee Pr.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from "Proverbium" in association with the Dept. of German and Russian, University of Vermont and Univ of Tennessee Pr

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1984 to 2012; the most common copies on this page tend to come from "Proverbium" in association with the Dept. of German and Russian, University of Vermont and Univ of Tennessee Pr.

Top Books To Start With

  1. "The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor

    "Proverbium" in association with the Dept. of German and Russian, University of Vermont • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2008 • 206 pages.

  2. La Terra in Piazza

    University of California Press • 1984 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Bloody Mary in the Mirror

    University Press of Mississippi • 2012 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2012.

  4. FOLKLORE MATTERS

    Univ of Tennessee Pr • 1993 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 1993.

  5. Meaning of Folklore

    Utah State University Press • 2007 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2007 • 580 pages.

  6. Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore (Critical Studies on Black Life and Culture)

    Univ Pr of Mississippi • 1990 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1990 • 700 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • "The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor is the easier short commitment, while La Terra in Piazza asks for more reading time up front.
  • La Terra in Piazza gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while "The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor leans later in the catalog.
  • Bloody Mary in the Mirror is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from "The kushmaker" and other essays on folk speech and folk humor.

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