The Singer of Tales: Third Edition

First published in 1960, Albert B. Lord's The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the...
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Author: Albert B. Lord
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The Singer of Tales: Third Edition by Lord, Albert B.

The Singer of Tales: Third Edition

$92.50

The Singer of Tales: Third Edition

$92.50
Author: Albert B. Lord
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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, Beowulf, the Chanson de Roland, and the Byzantine epic Digenis Akritas. A cardinal text for the study of oral traditions, The Singer of Tales also represents an exemplary use of the comparative method in literary criticism.

This third edition offers a corrected text of the second edition and is supplemented by an open-access website (in lieu of the second edition's CD-ROM), providing all the recordings discussed by Lord, as well as a variety of other multimedia materials.

Author: Albert B. Lord
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 350
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780674975736

About the Author
Elmer, David F.: - David F. Elmer is Professor of the Classics and Associate Curator of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard University.

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