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The Singer Resumes the Tale (Myth and Poetics) [Hardcover]

Albert B. Lord (Author), Mary Louise Lord (Editor)

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"Not only every Homerist, but every scholar wishing to understand the roots of culture will read it eagerly. It is a deep well, and a heady draft."-Barry B. Powell, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Cornell University Press (July 10, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801431034
ISBN-13: 978-0801431036
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,593,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Epics, ballads, prose tales, ritual and lyric songs, as genres, existed orally before writing was invented. Read the first page

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Old English, South Slavic, Milman Parry, Middle Ages, The Singer of Tales, Barbara Allen, Old Norse, The Singer Resumes the Tale, Betrothed Mare, Daniel Donoghue, Gregory Nagy, Homeric Hymn, Larry Benson, Neither Mare, Ruth Finnegan, South Slavs, Barbru Allan, Battle of Brunanburh, Clark Hall, David Bynum, Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making, Matica Hrvatska, Mount Athos, Parry Texts Nos

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Female Song Tradition and the Akan of Ghana: The Creative Process in Nnwonkoro by Kwasi Ampene in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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