Oral epic poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a clos
The 27 essays in this volume examine aspects of medieval oral literature. Medievalists from Europe, North America, and Israel first address concepts and approaches--the impact of the oral theory on me
Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. In ‘Medieval Oral Literature’ in the ‘De Gruyter Lexikon’ series, an in
In virtually all the literary traditions of the world there are works of verbal art that depend for part of their effect on the juxtaposition of proseand verse. This volume takes the first step toward
