Epic Singers and Oral Tradition

by Albert Bates Lord

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Albert Bates Lord here offers an unparalleled overview of the nature of oral-traditional epic songs and the practices of the singers who composed them. Shaped by the conviction that theory should be based on what singers actually do, and have done in times past, the essays collected here span half a century of Lord's research on the oral tradition from Homer to the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork in living oral traditions and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801497175

ISBN13:9780801497179

Release Date:June 1991

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Ancient & Classical Literature Criticism & Theory Fantasy Fantasy Epics Greek History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry Social Science

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