In Search of the Swan Maiden A Narrative on Folklore and Gender

• Váldodahkki: Leavy, Barbara Fass (auth)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: NYU Press 1994
• Fáttát: Literature: history & criticism; Language & Literature
• Liŋkkat: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning...