The Singer of Tales 8211 Third Editi

First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry-from South Slavic epic songs to the Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, and beyond. This edition offers a corrected text and is supplemented by an open-access website with audio recordings.

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Albert B. Lord

Summary

First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry—from South Slavic epic songs to the Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, and beyond. This edition offers a corrected text and is supplemented by an open-access website with audio recordings.

Product details

• Authors: Albert B Lord, Albert B. Lord
• Assisted by: David F. Elmer (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780674975736
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97573-6
• Series: Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series; Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature; Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature (HUP); Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies