The storytellers' journey : an American revival /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sobol, Joseph Daniel
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1999]
Subjects:	Storytelling > United States. National Storytelling Festival.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The archetype of the storyteller
The motif of serendipity in the birth of the storytelling revival
From serendipity to ceremony: the traditionalization of the national storytelling festival
The storyteller's journey: the national storytelling festival as ritualization of the revival mythos
Alternative models of community: dynamics of local, regional, and national storytelling revival associations
"Blood on the porch": the Protestant Reformation of NAPPS
Concluding thoughts and stories with morals: reflections on an American revival
Bibliography
Index.