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Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord (1981, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674808819

ISBN-139780674808812

eBay Product ID (ePID)773108

Product Key Features

Book TitleSinger of Tales

Number of Pages319 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicComparative Literature, General

Publication Year1981

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAlbert B. Lord

Book SeriesStudies in Comparative Literature

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume NumberNo. 24

Dewey Decimal809.1/32

SynopsisThis 40th anniversary edition of Albert LordÕs classic work includes a unique enhancement: a CD containing the original audio recordings of all the passages of heroic songs quoted in the book; a video publication of the kinescopic filming of the most valued of the singers; and selected photographs taken during Milman ParryÕs collecting trips in the Balkans. Parry began recording and studying a live tradition of oral narrative poetry in order to find an answer to the age-old Homeric Question: How had the author of the Iliad and Odyssey composed these two monumental epic poems at the very start of EuropeÕs literary tradition? ParryÕs, and with him LordÕs, enduring contribution--set forth in LordÕs The Singer of Tales--was to demonstrate the process by which oral poets compose. Now reissued with a new Introduction and an invaluable audio and visual record, this widely influential book is newly enriched to better serve everyone interested in the art and craft of oral literature.