Albert Bates Lord (83 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Very Good+. Paperback edition. 262pp. 8vo in wraps. Faint shelfwear to wraps, large sticker on front wrap; ink stamp on half-title, else interior clean and crisp. Myth and Poetics.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (epic singers, oral tradition, mythology) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Lightly soiled and browned yellow printed wrappers. Tears top and bottom of spine with creased, curled corners. Clean contents.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. College edition. (epic poetry) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. ISBN 0-8014-9717-5. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition, with slight dustsoiling on corners. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. First Printing. Copy 1.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with small folds to two cover corners. Contains George Gibran (Dostoevsky's Use of Russian Folklore) Bransilav Rusic (Mute Language in the Tradition and Oral Literature of the South Slavs); Boris Kremenliev (Bulgarian Folksongs); Elizsabeth Stenbrok-Fermor (Story of Van'ka Kain); Roman Jackson. 132 pages.

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 262 Seiten Das Buch befindet sich in einem gut erhaltenen Zustand. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 415.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Second Printing.

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1st edition. 8vo. xii + 262pp. Original mauve cloth, lightly faded spine with red title patch lettered in gilt. ISBN 0801424720 US$13.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book Condition: Very Good, slight tropical speckling to top Page Edges, otherwise clean, clear text in tight binding. No marks or inscriptions. 280pp. Dimensions 6 x 9 in. Weight 16 oz. Albert Bates Lord here offers an unparalleled overview of the nature of oral-traditional epic songs and the practices of the singers who composed them. Incredible breadth and depth of scholarship. Shaped by the conviction that theory should be based on what singers actually do, and have done in times past, the essays collected here span half a century of Lord's research on the oral tradition from Homer to the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork in living oral traditions and on the theoretical writings of Milman Parry, Lord concentrates on the singers and their art as manifested in texts of performance. In thirteen essays, some previously unpublished and all of them revised for book publication, he explores questions of composition, transmittal, and interpretation and raises important comparative issues. Individual chapters discuss aspects of the Homeric poems, South Slavic oral-traditional epics, the songs of Avdo Metedovic, Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon poetry, the medieval Greek Digenis Akritas and other medieval epics, central Asiatic and Balkan epics, the Finnish Kalevala, and the Bulgarian oral epic. The work of one of the most respected scholars of his generation, Epic Singers and Oral Tradition will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of myth and folklore, classicists, medievalists, Slavists, comparatists, literary theorists, and anthropologists. "A welcome publication . . . . The book contains eleven of his most important previously published articles and two studies which have not been published before . . . . There is something to be learned from every one of these studies."¿Classical Journal.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Lilac cloth boards, no notable wear; Pages crisp, no ownership marks or annotation; Binding tight. Albert Bates Lord (1912-1991) was a professor of Slavic and comparative literature at Harvard University, primarily known for his work on epic poetry and association with American Classicist Milman Parry. ; Myth And Poetics; 6.25 x 9.25"; 280 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Etchemendy, Teje (illustrator). Red boards with illustration and red spin with silver lettering. Binding is tight. Corners are sharp. Content is clen. No markings. No shelf wear. Includes: Table of Contents, List of Color Plates. 196 p., [16] leaves of plates in Color. Sandglass Number X: 37. Slipcase, black cardboard with light sun-faded along bottom edge.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Sun bands on covers and spine, oherwise a solidly Good copy in a tight binding. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stiff yellow wraps, lettered in black. Mild shelf/handling wear, covers lightly soiled. Firm binding, clean interior. viii,132 pp. Scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Previous owner's signature to front wrapper verso.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 338 pages. 9.30x6.20x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Book Good. No dust jacket. 3rd printing (Serbian, Croatian, Grammar) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quarto in red decorative binding; xx, 196 pages: illustrations; 27 cm. Slipcase. Original Sandglass announcement (fine condition) laid it. Contents: Vasilissa the Fair -- Frost -- The story of Marko the Rich and Vasily the Luckless -- Go I know not whither -- Fetch I know not what -- Prince Ivan, the firebird, and the gray wolf -- The witch and the sun's sister -- The three kingdoms: the copper, the silver, and the golden -- Koshchei the Deathless -- The wonderful self-playing harp -- Marya Morevna -- The water king and Vasilissa the Wise -- The seven brothers Simeon -- Ivan Popyalof -- Ivan, the peasant's son -- Emilian the Fool -- Woe the Woeful -- One-eyed Likho -- The soldier and the vampire -- The soldier's midnight watch -- The blind man and the cripple -- Prince Sila and Ivashka with the shroud -- The witch Contes -- Russie. Tales. Geographic: Russia (Federation). Small scrape (1/4") to front board. else fine thus in near fine gently weathered slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Lord demonstrated the ways in which various great ancient epics from Europe and Asia were heirs to a tradition not only of oral performance, but of oral composition. He argued strongly for a complete divide between the non-literate authors of the Homeric epics and the scribes who later wrote them down. Lord studied and made field recordings of South-Slavic heroic epics sung to the gusle, most notable of poets he worked with was Avdo Mededovic, whose most notable song was The Wedding of Smailagic Meho. He studied not only Homeric epics, but also Beowulf, Gilgamesh, and others. Across these many story traditions he found strong commonalities concerning the oral composition of traditional storytelling. " (from Wikipedia).

Condition: New.

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 429 S. ; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 615.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. In great condition. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.