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"This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images, and an updated bibliography, as well as original chapters on poetry, prose, 'drum language' and drama, and an overview...

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Main Author: Finnegan, Ruth H.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2012.
Series:World oral literature series ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Folk literature.
Folk literature, African > History and criticism.
Oral tradition > Africa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
DRAMA > African.
Literature and literary studies.
Folk literature, African.
Oral tradition.
Africa.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images, and an updated bibliography, as well as original chapters on poetry, prose, 'drum language' and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa."--Back cover.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xlii, 567 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781906924720
1906924724
9781906924706
1906924708
1906924716
9781906924713