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Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer

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Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer (1864–1936) was a Swiss folklorist, Germanist and medievalist, from 1900 professor for phonetics, Swiss dialectology and folklore at the University of Basle and founder of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde in 1896. His 1902 essay Die Volkskunde als Wissenschaft ("Folkloristics as Science") received international attention.

Bibliography

  • 1913, Feste und Bräuche des Schweizervolkes. Schultheß, Zürich. revised ed. by P. Geiger, 1940, reprint Olms, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-283-00249-5.
  • 1926, Geschichte des deutschen Stils in Einzelbildern. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig.
  • ed. P. Geiger, Kleine Schriften zur Volkskunde. . Krebs, Basel 1946.

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