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Oral Poetry: An Introduction

by Paul Zumthor
University of Minnesota Press, 1990
Paper: 978-0-8166-1725-8
Library of Congress Classification PN4151.Z8513 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 801.951

TOC

  • Contents 
    • Foreword
      • Ong, Walter J.
    • Chapter 1. 
    • The Presence of Voice
    • Part I. 
    • Poetic Orality
      • Chapter 2. 
      • Defining the Field
      • Chapter 3. 
      • The Arena of the Debate
      • Chapter 4. 
      • Inventory
    • Part II. 
    • The Forms
      • Chapter 5. 
      • Forms and Genres
      • Chapter 6. 
      • The Epic
      • Chapter 7. 
      • At the Level of the Text
    • Part III. 
    • The Performance
      • Chapter 8. 
      • A Circumstantial Discourse
      • Chapter 9. 
      • The Vocal Work I
      • Chapter 10. 
      • The Vocal Work II
      • Chapter 11. 
      • The Presence of the Body
    • Part IV 
    • Roles and Functions
      • Chapter 12. 
      • The Interpreter
      • Chapter 13. 
      • The Audience
      • Chapter 14. 
      • Duration and Memory
      • Chapter 15. 
      • Rite and Action
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
    • Index
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