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Klappentext A pioneering comparative study in three volumes, published 1932 1940, covering the development of world literature from Iceland to Polynesia. Zusammenfassung First published between 1932 and 1940! this three-volume book was a pioneering study of the historical development of world literature. Volume 3! which includes a summary of literary categories! surveys the oral literature of the Tatar and Polynesian peoples! along with that of a selection of African ethnic groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Oral Literature of the Tatars: 1. Introduction; 2. Heroic poetry and saga; 3. The heroic milieu. Individualism in the heroic poems; 4. Non-heroic poetry and saga; 5. Historical and unhistorical elements in heroic poetry and saga; 6. Poetry and saga relating to gods and spirits! and mantic poetry; 7. Antiquarian poetry and saga. Gnomic and descriptive literature. Poetry and saga relating to unspecified individuals; 8. The texts; 9. Recitation and composition; 10. The shaman; Part II. The Oral Literature of Polynesia: 1. Introduction; 2. Saga and poetry relating to the migration period and to later periods; 3. Non-heroic saga and poetry relating to legendary characters of the prehistoric and later periods; 4. Saga and poetry relating to divine beings! and mantic poetry; 5. Saga and poetry relating to unspecified individuals; 6. Dramatic and ritual poetry; 7. Antiquarian! gnomic and descriptive literature; 8. Recitation and composition; 9. The Tohunga! Kaula! etc.; A note on the oral literature of the Iban or the Sea Dyaks of North Borneo; Part III. Notes on the Oral Literature of Some African Peoples: Introduction to Part III; 1. Abyssinia; 2; The Galla; 3. The Northern Bantu; 4. The Yoruba; 5. The Tuareg; A note on English ballad poetry; Part 4. A General Survey: 1. Written and oral literature; 2. The distribution of literary types; 3. Heroic and non-heroic; 4. Heroic narrative poetry; 5. Poetry and saga relating to unspecified individuals; 6. Theological literature; 7. Antiquarian learning; 8. Gnomic and descriptive literature; 9. Mantic literature; 10. Recitation and composition; 11. Authorship; Postscript; Index. ...
