THE SINGER OF TALES (Atheneum 76; Harvard Studies in Comp Literature No 24))

Lord, Albert B.

Published by Antheneum, New York, NY, 1968

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Text/Bright, clean, & Near New. Softcover/NF w/trace edge wear & surface discoloration. Monograph. First published as No. 24 of Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature, 1960; this is the Atheneum Edition, 1965. Oral literature. Slavic studies author Albert B. Lord (1912 - 1991), student of Milman Parry ( - 1935), says: "This is a book about Homer. He is our Singer of Tales." The study concentrates "on only one aspect of the singer's art" --- how singers of tales compose, learn, and transmit epics in oral, narrative history, with much study of the still accesiible 20th century Balkan, illiterate guslar practioners of the art of Yugoslavia. 304 pgs. 10 chapters in 2 parts: Part I, The Theory: Chapt 1, Introduction; 2, Singers: Performance & Training; 3, The Formula; 4, The Theme; 5, Songs & the Song; 6, Writing & Oral Tradition. Part II, The Application: 7, Homer; 8, The Odyssey; 9, The Illiad; and 10, Some Notes on Medieval Epic, followed by appenices.

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• Title: THE SINGER OF TALES (Atheneum 76; Harvard Studies in Comp Literature No 24))
• Publisher: Antheneum, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition, 2nd Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
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