"Moral tales" are a text type originating around 1780 for the education and edification of simple folk, written principally by clerics, and published in schoolbooks, newspapers, calendars and catechisms. The author provides a bibliographical access to the text corpus, introduces the authors - who are largely unknown - and categorises the motifs, ideas and programmes in these texts.
Die Autorin lehrt Volkskunde an der Universität Würzburg.
"Alzheimer-Haller hat mit diesem gewichtigen Werk, zu dem man ihr nur gratulieren kann, ein Handbuch im besten Sinne vorgelegt."
Ingrid Tomkowiak in: Fabula 3-4/2005
