The pied piper : a handbook / Wolfgang Mieder.
| Author/creator | Mieder, Wolfgang |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. |
| Description | xi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Greenwood folklore handbooks, 1549-733X Greenwood folklore handbooks. ^A691649 |
| Contents | Definition and classification -- "The pied piper" as folktale -- Origin of "The pied piper" -- History and dissemination -- Significance and survival -- The phrase "to pay the piper" -- "The pied piper" as ambivalent symbol -- Examples and texts -- Early variants of "The pied piper" -- "The pied piper" and the Brothers Grimm -- Later variants of the folktale -- The English "Pied piper" tradition -- "Pied piper" folk songs -- Scholarship and approaches -- Comprehensive studies -- Historical analyses -- Folkloristic investigations -- Literary reconsiderations -- Contexts -- Robert Browning's "The pied piper of Hamelin" -- "Pied piper" poems -- Prose, drama, music, and film adaptations -- Caricatures, cartoons, and comic strips -- Art, cards, stamps, and puzzles -- The pied piper in advertisements -- "Pied piper" book titles and headlines -- The folklorism of Hamelin. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-180) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006027919 |
| ISBN | 0313334641 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780313334641 (alk. paper) |