Traditional Oral Epic: The Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croation Return Song

Traditional Oral Epic: The Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croation Return Song

by John Miles Foley (Author)

Synopsis

Employing linguistic and thematic analysis to compare "The Odyssey", "Beowulf" and various folk tales from the Stolac district of Hercegovina, this study offers an innovative approach to the structural interpretation of folklore derived from oral sources.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 440
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 16 Nov 1993

ISBN 10: 0520084365
ISBN 13: 9780520084360