Description
Title: Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance, and Social Context (Midland Book)
Author: Ruth H Finnegan
ISBN: 9780253207081
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1992
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher : Provides an introduction to ‘oral poetry, ‘ ranging from American folksongs, Eskimo lyrics, and modern popular songs to medieval oral literature, the heroic poems of Homer, and the epic compositions in Asia and the Pacific. This book employs a comparative perspective, to consider oral poetry from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe and America
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