Oral Poetry : An Introduction Paperback / softback
by Paul Zumthor
Part of the Theory and History of Literature series
Paperback / softback
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This book aims to provide an analytical study of the sources, the art and the presentation of oral, or spoken, poetry.
Paul Zumthor, a literary theorist, discusses the development of oral poetry from antiquity to the present in all its aspects: the forms of oral poetry; the epic in the West, Africa and other parts of the globe; styles of performance across the world; roles played in oral poetry (the poet as interpreter, the listeners, the variable duration of oral poetry in time and space, etc.); and oral ritual actions from archaic times to the present.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Date:08/06/1990
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- ISBN:9780816617258
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Date:08/06/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780816617258
