Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context by Ruth Finnegan

Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context

Ruth Finnegan

314 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

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Oral poetry is a wide subject that ranges from American 'folk-songs', Eskimo lyrics or popular songs, to the heroic poems of Homer and distinct epic composers in Asia and the Pacific. Unlike previous works, this book takes a broad comparative view...

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