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Homo Narrans : the poetics and anthropology of oral literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Niles, John D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Storytelling.
Oral tradition.
Folk literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Making connections
  • Somatic communication
  • Poetry as social praxis
  • Oral poetry acts
  • Beowulf as ritualized discourse
  • Context and loss
  • The strong tradition-bearer
  • Conclusion: wordpower wells from deep in the throat.