The song presented in translation in this volume is one of the two longest ever collected from Slavic oral epic tradition. Yet it is not only their length that makes these songs extraordinary; their excellence as heroic-romantic sung story and the seriousness of their intent as depictions of a glorious past raise them above the usual performances in the tradition to which they belong.
The song presented in translation in this volume is one of the two longest ever collected from Slavic oral epic tradition. Yet it is not only their le...
This book contains eight complete epics from four traditional singers of tales. Four of the epics are transcribed from audio recordings belonging to the Parry Collection.
This book contains eight complete epics from four traditional singers of tales. Four of the epics are transcribed from audio recordings belonging to t...
Does thinking differ in western and non-western cultures. Read the results as a team of philosophers, psychologists, theologians, anthropologists and narrativises grapple with the question
Does thinking differ in western and non-western cultures. Read the results as a team of philosophers, psychologists, theologians, anthropologists and ...
First published in 1960, Albert B. Lord's The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry. Based upon pathbreaking fieldwork conducted in the 1930s and 1950s among oral epic singers of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, Lord analyzes in impressive detail the techniques of oral composition in performance. He explores the consequences of this analysis for the interpretation of numerous works of traditional verbal art, including--in addition to South Slavic epic songs--the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey,...
First published in 1960, Albert B. Lord's The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of ...
