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The epic in Africa : toward a poetics of the oral performance

Title: The epic in Africa : toward a poetics of the oral performance / Isidore Okpewho.
Author: Okpewho, Isidore.
Publication: New York : Columbia University Press, 1979.

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Description

xvii, 288 pages; 22 cm

Subject

Epic poetry, African > History and criticism
Folk songs > Africa > History and criticism
Oral tradition > Africa
Epic poetry, African
Folk songs
Oral tradition
Epos
Mündliche Literatur
Mündliche Überlieferung
Epos
Africa
Afrika
Subsaharisches Afrika

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. [271]-279.

Contents

An introduction to traditional African art -- The resources of the oral epic -- The hero: his image and his relevance -- On form and structure -- Elements of the oral narrative style.

ISBN

0231044003
9780231044004
0231044011
9780231044011

LCCN

78012893

OCLC

ocm04194578
4194578
SCSB-177366

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library