Epic singers and oral tradition / Albert Bates Lord.

Author/creator Lord, Albert Bates
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Descriptionxii, 262 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Oral tradition--History and criticism.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Epic poetry--History and criticism.

SeriesMyth and poetics
Myth and poetics. ^A254201
Contents Words heard and words seen -- Homer's originality : oral dictated texts -- Homeric echoes in Bihać -- Avdo Međedović, Guslar -- Homer as an original-traditional poet -- The Kalevala, the south Slavic epics, and Homer -- Beowulf and Odysseus -- Interlocking mythic patterns in Beowulf -- The formulaic structure of introductions to direct discourse in Beowulf and Elene - - The influence of a fixed text -- Notes on Digenis Akritas and Serbo-Croatian epic -- Narrative themes in Bulgarian oral-traditional epic and their medieval roots -- Central Asiatic and Balkan epic.
General noteSpine title: Epic singers & oral tradition.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
Other titleEpic singers & oral tradition.
LCCN 90055888
ISBN0801424720 (alk. paper)
ISBN0801497175 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GR72 .L66 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold