This is the first serious investigation of Australian folklore. It establishes a framework within which a coherent view of social development as expressed in folklore can be traced, and looks at the forms and common settings of folklore. While citing examples from the past, Seal emphasises that folklore is being created continually, and provides numerous contemporary instances. Graham Seal is one of the few Australians formally qualified in folklore studies, and his book provides a methodology for collecting and studying folklore.
- ISBN10 0195549198
- ISBN13 9780195549195
- Publish Date 1 March 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 September 2009
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
- Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
- Format Paperback
- Pages 184
- Language English