folk literature
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That said, a lot of folk literature supports this concept.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Yet the British Library has not created a dry display of dusty, ethnographic curiosities and folk literature.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2015
Amid the newly exposed atrocities in our folk literature, Caxton’s back-and-forthing on the subject of Reynard’s morals does not appear so shocking.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2015
If its subject matter comes from folk literature, Titanic’s form is pure Hollywood.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2012
In folk literature we do not feel the presence of a "writer" who is mightily concerned about maintaining his reputation for wisdom, originality, or style.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
