Homo Narrans : : The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature / / John D. Niles.
It would be difficult to imagine what human life would be like without stories-from myths recited by Pueblo Indian healers in the kiva, ballads sung in Slovenian market squares, folktales and legends told by the fireside in Italy, to jokes told at a dinner table in Des Moines-for it is chiefly throu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Making Connections
- 2. Somatic Communication
- 3. Poetry as Social Praxis
- 4. Oral Poetry Acts
- 5. Beowulf as Ritualized Discourse
- 6. Context and Loss
- 7. The Strong Tradition-Bearer
- Conclusion: Wordpower Wells from Deep in the Throat
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Acknowledgments
- Index