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The Singer Resumes the Tale (Hardcover): Albert Bates Lord

The Singer Resumes the Tale (Hardcover)

Albert Bates Lord; Edited by Mary Louise Lord

Series: Myth and Poetics

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Edited by Mary Louise Lord after the author's death, The Singer Resumes the Tale focuses on the performance of stories and poems within settings that range from ancient Greek palaces to Latvian villages. Lord expounds and develops his approach to oral literature in this book, responds systematically for the first time to criticisms of oral theory, and extends his methods to the analysis of lyric poems. He also considers the implications of the transitional text - a work made up of both oral and literary components. Elements of the oral tradition - the practice of storytelling in prose or verse, the art of composing and transmitting songs, the content of these texts, the kinds of songs composed, and the poetics of oral literature - are discussed in the light of several traditions, beginning in the ancient world, through the Middle Ages, to the present. Throughout, the central figure is always the singer. Homer, the Beowulf poet, women who perform lyric songs, tellers of folktales, singers of such ballads as "Barbara Allen", bards of the Balkans: all play prominent roles in Lord's book, as they have played central roles in the creation of this fundamental literature.

General

Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Myth and Poetics
Release date: July 1995
First published: July 1995
Authors: Albert Bates Lord
Editors: Mary Louise Lord
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-3103-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN: 0-8014-3103-4
Barcode: 9780801431036

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