Finnegan, Ruth
Oral literature in Africa [electronic resource] / Ruth Finnegan - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2012 - 570 p. ; maps 24cm - Include reference . - World Oral Literature Series ; 1, 2050-7933 .
Revised edition of: Finnegan, Ruth H. 1970. Oral literature in Africa. Oxford: Clarendon Press Complementary material (recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960's) is available from the World Oral Literature Project web site (http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html)
Bibliography: p. 511-545
"This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images, and an updated bibliography, as well as original chapters on poetry, prose, 'drum language' and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa." - back cover
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Folk literature, African--History and criticism
Oral tradition--Africa
African literature--Orally transmitted literature--to 1969--Critical studies
398.2096 / 1
Oral literature in Africa [electronic resource] / Ruth Finnegan - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2012 - 570 p. ; maps 24cm - Include reference . - World Oral Literature Series ; 1, 2050-7933 .
Revised edition of: Finnegan, Ruth H. 1970. Oral literature in Africa. Oxford: Clarendon Press Complementary material (recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960's) is available from the World Oral Literature Project web site (http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html)
Bibliography: p. 511-545
"This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images, and an updated bibliography, as well as original chapters on poetry, prose, 'drum language' and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa." - back cover
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
9781906924706 1906924724 (pdf) 9781906924706 9781906924706 9781906924706 9781906924706
Folk literature, African--History and criticism
Oral tradition--Africa
African literature--Orally transmitted literature--to 1969--Critical studies
398.2096 / 1