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oapen-20.500.12657-431372023-05-23T14:08:28Z John Miles Foley's World of Oralities Amodio, Mark C. Oral tradition; orality; performance; composition; narrative; Old Norse; Folklore; Beowulf; Medieval Music; Scandinavian religion; Anglo-Saxon Literature bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: classical, early & medieval bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DB Classical texts bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRK Other non-Christian religions::HRKP Ancient religions & mythologies bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTD Oral history bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFF Historical & comparative linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLC Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE This collection brings together newly commissioned and cutting-edge essays on oral text and tradition ranging from the ancient and medieval world to the present day by a leading group of European and North American oral theorists. Using a range of materials including the Bible, Greek epic, Beowulf, Old Norse and Old English riddles, and medieval music, the contributors collectively work to refine, challenge, and further advance contemporary Oral Theory, an interdisciplinary school of thought heavily influenced by John Miles Foley, whose work provides the jumping-off point for this volume. The book includes a useful introduction to the history of oral theory and Foley’s ground-breaking and influential work. 2020-12-02T16:14:21Z 2020-12-02T16:14:21Z 2020 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43137 eng Borderlines application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781641893398.pdf Arc Humanities Press 10.17302/BL-9781641893398 10.17302/BL-9781641893398 e8579ecb-7a9a-49c1-9777-413adf1559c9 282 open access
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This collection brings together newly commissioned and cutting-edge essays on oral text and tradition ranging from the ancient and medieval world to the present day by a leading group of European and North American oral theorists. Using a range of materials including the Bible, Greek epic, Beowulf, Old Norse and Old English riddles, and medieval music, the contributors collectively work to refine, challenge, and further advance contemporary Oral Theory, an interdisciplinary school of thought heavily influenced by John Miles Foley, whose work provides the jumping-off point for this volume. The book includes a useful introduction to the history of oral theory and Foley’s ground-breaking and influential work.
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