Written voices, spoken signs : tradition, performance, and the epic text / edited by Egbert Bakker & Ahuvia Kahane.

Written voices, spoken signs : tradition, performance, and the epic text /

The nine essays in this volume focus on performance and audience reception of oral poetry, inviting us to rethink some key concepts for an understanding of traditional epic poetry. Egbert Bakker examines the epic performer's use of time and tense in recounting a past that is alive. Tackling the...

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Other Authors: Bakker, Egbert J., Kahane, Ahuvia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Series:Center for Hellenic Studies colloquia.
Subjects:
Homer > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses.
Epic poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Congresses.
Comparative literature > Greek and medieval > Congresses.
Comparative literature > Medieval and Greek > Congresses.
Mythology, Greek, in literature > Congresses.
Written communication > Greece > Congresses.
Oral interpretation of poetry > Congresses.
Oral-formulaic analysis > Congresses.
Oral tradition > Greece > Congresses.
Oral tradition > Europe > Congresses.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
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