Professor D. L. Ashliman

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About

Professor Ashliman retired May 1, 2000 from the University of Pittsburgh. He now conducts his folklore research from southern Utah. He can be contacted at ashliman@hotmail.com.

Guest Professorships

• Universität Augsburg, Germany (1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006).

Education

• University of Utah, B.A.
• Rutgers University, M.A., Ph.D.
• Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany.

WWW sites

• Folklinks: Folk and Fairy-Tale Sites.
• This source contains information on and links to various tools such as research libraries as well as links to general information about storytelling and fairy tales.
• Folktexts: A Library of Folktales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Mythology. 
• The Grimm Brothers' Home Page. 
• Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas.
• Germany Discovers America. An annotated bibliography [in progress] of German-American travel narratives, 1800-1918.

Monographs

• Fairy Lore: A Handbook. Westport (Connecticut), New York, and London: Greenwood Press, 2005. ISBN 0-313-33349-1. 229 pages.
• Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook. Westport (Connecticut), New York, and London: Greenwood Press, 2004. ISBN 0-31332810-2. 256 pages.
• Aesop's Fables. Edited and with an introduction and notes by D. L. Ashliman. Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. ISBN 1-59308-062-X. xxxiv, 269 pp.
• Voices from the Past: The Cycle of Life in Indo-European Folktales, second edition, expanded and revised. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 0-7872-1503-1. 495 pages. First edition 1993.
• Once upon a Time: The Story of European Folktales. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, External Studies Program, 1994. 235 pages.
• A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, vol. 11. Westport
• (Connecticut), New York, and London: Greenwood Press, 1987. ISBN 0-313-25961-5. xvi, 384 pages. Designated as an "outstanding reference source" by the American Library Association.
• Ph.D. dissertation: The American West in Nineteenth-Century German Literature. Rutgers University, 1969. Dissertation Abstracts 2959-A. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Order number 7000572. v, 288 pp.