Originally published in 1969, this book consists of a revised version of Dr Chadwick's section on the oral literature of the Turkic peoples in The Growth of Literature with supplementary material on the results of research in the Soviet Union by Professor Victor Zhirmunsky. This literature is of the greatest interest and variety, and not excessively 'strange' to readers of European oral literature. It was produced by nomadic peoples with well-developed traditions of narrative heroic poetry. Dr Chadwick paraphrases and ...
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Originally published in 1969, this book consists of a revised version of Dr Chadwick's section on the oral literature of the Turkic peoples in The Growth of Literature with supplementary material on the results of research in the Soviet Union by Professor Victor Zhirmunsky. This literature is of the greatest interest and variety, and not excessively 'strange' to readers of European oral literature. It was produced by nomadic peoples with well-developed traditions of narrative heroic poetry. Dr Chadwick paraphrases and analyses the more important epics; and Professor Zhirmunsky adds a study on epic songs and their singers on the processes of oral transmission. This is a fascinating study that will be of particular interest to scholars of comparative literature and of the origins of literature generally; but it should also be read by anthropologists and scholars of folklore.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 0521070538. Very faint dampstaining to top edge of rear endpaper. Else minor shelfwear to book. DJ has staining, soiling and some browning. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; Deal with oral epics, and its comments in passing about thematic similarities among Turkic, Greek and other heroic poetry is striking: “Among the commonest are raids, single combats, the theft of large herds, revenge and counter-attack, wooing and marriages, the birth and remarkable childhood of heroes, sports, especially horseracing and wrestling, long journeys and the sundry adventures of nomadic life. ”; 374 pages.
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