Asian Bibliography

Asian bibliography

Here is a beginning list of books on Asian storytelling and stories.

Carrison, Muriel Paskin. Cambodian Folk Stories.Tuttle, 1987.

Chin, Yin-Lien et al. Traditional Chinese Folktales. M. E. Sharpe, 1989.

Dorje, Rinjing. Uncle Tompa. Station Hill Arts, 1998.

Dorson, Richard. Folk Legends of Japan. Tuttle, 1981.

Folktales of the World Series. University of Chicago

Gurumurthy, Preemila. Kathakalaksepa. International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilizations, 1994.

Han, Suzanne Crowder. Korean Folk and Fairy Tales. Hollym, 1991.

Kaignavongsa, Xay and Hugh Fincher. Legends of the Lao. Geodata System, 1993.

Livo, Norma and S. Rietz. Storytelling Folklore Sourcebook. Libraries Unlimited, 1991.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Storyteller's Sourcebook. Neal-Schuman/Gale Research, 1982 (and her other books).

Mair, Victor H. Painting and Performance. University of Hawaii Press, 1988.

Mayer, Fanny H., ed. Ancient Tales in Modern Japan. Indiana University Press, 1984.

----Yanagita Kunio Guide to the Japanese Folk Tale. Indiana University Press, 1986.

Miyazawa, Kenji. Winds From Afar. Kodansha International, 1972.

Morioka, Heinz and Miyoko Sasaki. Rakugo, The Popular Narrative Art of Japan. Council on East Asian Studies at Harvard, 1990.

Narayan, Kirin. Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. U. of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.

Pellowski, Anne. The World of Storytelling. H. W. Wilson, 1990 (and her other books).

Pihl, Marshall. The Korean Singer of Tales. Harvard University, 1994.

Ramanujan, A.K. Folktales of India. Pantheon, 1991.

Saccone, Richard. Koreans to Remember. Hollym, 1993.

Spagnoli, Cathy. Asian Tales and Tellers. August House, 1998 (and her other books).

Terada, Alice M. Under the Starfruit Tree: Folktales from Vietnam. University of Hawaii, 1989.

Wheeler, Post. Tales from the Japanese Storytellers.Tuttle, 1976.

Zong, In-Sob. Folk Tales from Korea. Hollym, 1982.