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Most of the 17 essays were selected from presentations at a symposium some two decades ago, the proceedings of which are published in Hungarian in a 2001 second edition, or at a 1989 international conference in Budapest. They discuss such topics as orgy accusations in the middle ages, the mermaid-folklore in fiction, and the obscene humor of an Asian storyteller. There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)