Though they appear diverse, Homer's Odyssey and slam poetry from
contemporary urban America both draw from the well of oral
tradition. This unique, practical, and user-friendly guide explores
the cultural contexts of verbal art to provide more-than-textual
methods for understanding the structure, principles, and social
applications of oral poetry. Using dozens of examples, including a
North American slam poet, a Tibetan paper-singer, a South African
praise-poet, and an ancient Greek bard, John Miles Foley shows that
although oral poetry long predates the invention of writing, it
continues to be a vital culture-making and communications tool in
societies all over the world. Based on fieldwork and archival
research on epics, folktales, lyrics, laments, charms, and other
oral traditions, How to Read an Oral Poem answers the questions,
What is oral poetry? How does it work? What is reading, literally
and figuratively? This accessible and engaging work is enhanced by
audio and video examples of oral poetry, which are available at
http://www.oraltradition.org. The book can also be used as
companion volume to Foley's Teaching Oral Traditions.
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