The singer of tales

The singer of tales / Albert B. Lord ; Stephen Mitchell and Gregory Nagy, editors.

Discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lord, Albert Bates
Other Authors: Mitchell, Stephen A. (Stephen Arthur), 1951-, Nagy, Gregory
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Harvard studies in comparative literature ; 24.
Subjects:
Homer.
Epic poetry > History and criticism.
Folk songs, Slavic > History and criticism.
Poetry, Medieval > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Second Edition / Stephen Mitchell and Gregory Nagy
  • Preface / Harry Levin
  • Foreword / Albert Lord
  • pt. I. The Theory. Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. Singers: Performance and Training. Ch. 3. The Formula. Ch. 4. The Theme. Ch. 5. Songs and the Song. Ch. 6. Writing and Oral Tradition
  • pt. II. The Application. Ch. 7. Homer. Ch. 8. The Odyssey. Ch. 9. The Iliad. Ch. 10. Some Notes on Medieval Epic.

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