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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature 1994
Information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites that the International Astronomical Union has approved from its founding in 1919 through its triennial meeting in 1994.
Nordic Folklore
" . . . it presents some of the most important folklore studies to appear in [Nordic] countries in the past thirty years." —The Scandinavian-American Bulletin " . . . will . . . be of interest to folklorists in general. The selected essays . . . deal with issues that any folklorist who wishes to be up-to-date must consider. . . . A valuable addition to folklore studies . . . " —Choice Nordic folklore studies have made major theoretical contributions to international folklore scholarship. The articles in this collection not only reflect areas in which Nordic folklore studies have been particularly strong, but also demonstrate recent changes in theoretical paradigms and empirical application.
History of Norway
A distinguished one-volume history of Norway, from the Vikings through the Resistance of World War II. "Full, objective, and thoroughly readable history, rich in content.... The result is a well-rounded treatment of Norwegian life—political, religious, economic, and intellectual—during the long centuries.... Easily the most important history of Norway in the English language since Gjerset."—N. Y. Times Originally published in 1948. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Types of the Norwegian Folktale
This index to Norwegian fold tales and legends classifies tales by topic, giving sources and occurrences for each, with a bibliography of published sources and of Norwegian research on folktales.
Selected Papers
Volume of essays published to honour the memory of an outstanding scholar, Bjarne Fidjest2l who died suddenly on February 9, 1994. He was Professor of Old Norse Philology in the Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature at Bergen University. He was ranked as an authority in his field and held in high esteem by his colleagues
Folklore Matters
'. . . not a large book, but that makes all the more admirable the way the more admirable the way the author succeeds in doing justice to so many of the most important subjects in folkloristics. This book is a key work, and should be made compulsory reading in every university in which folkloristics is studied.'-Jon Hnefill Aoalsteinsson, Asian Folklore Studies
National Romanticism in Norway
Investigates Norwegian nationalism during the period of Romanticism through larger works of literature and also contributions to newspapers and periodicals of the mid-century.
