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Orality and Literacy

Orality and Literacy more books like this

by Walter J Ong, J Ong Walter

This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology. In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into oral genres across the globe and through time and ...

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The Gift of Story

The Gift of Story more books like this

by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.

There is a gift so simple that it requires no ribbons for wrapping, yet which is so miraculous, it has the power to transform our lives. This is The Gift of Story, a tale of love and wisdom from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstA(c)s, eminent psychoanalyst and author. When an old woman flees to a hut in a lonely forest, begins Dr. EstA(c)s, she seeks ...

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Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word

Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word more books like this

by Walter J Ong

Professor Walter Ong's new book explores some of the profound changes in our thought processes, personality and social structures which are the result ...of the development of speech, writing and print. The cumulative impact of the book is dazzling. Read this book. Literature will never be the same again. And neither will you.' Robert Giddings, ...

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Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations from the Gaelic

Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations from the Gaelic more books like this

by Alexander Carmichael (Editor)

The Carmina Gadelica is the most comprehensive collection of poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry. Gathered by Alexander Carmichael, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 'from Arran to Caithness, from Perth to St. Kilda'. The poems had been handed down through the generations in a living oral tradition. This tradition ...

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Songs My Mother Sang to Me: An Oral History of Mexican American Women

Songs My Mother Sang to Me: An Oral History of Mexican American Women more books like this

by Patricia Preciado Martin

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Folktales from India

Folktales from India more books like this

by A K Ramamujan, A K Ramanujan (Editor)

An enchanting collection of 110 tales translated from 22 different languages, by turns harrowing and comic, sardonic and allegorical, mysterious and romantic. "A truly remarkable collection . . . from the introduction to the explanatory notes, the entire book outstandingly demonstrates the enduring strength of Indian folklore tradition".--Library ...

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Native American Oral Tradition: Collaboration and Interpretation

Native American Oral Tradition: Collaboration and Interpretation more books like this

by Larry Evers (Editor), Barre Toelken (Editor)

Seven sets of intercultural authors present Native American oral texts with commentary, exploring dimensions of perspective, discovery, and meaning that emerge through collaboration.

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Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale more books like this

by Betsy Hearne

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Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature

Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature more books like this

by Susan Niditch, Douglas A Knight (Editor)

By examining the impact of the Israelite oral tradition on its written legacy, Susan Niditch offers a renewed understanding of the literary character of the Hebrew Bible.

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Oral Tradition as History

Oral Tradition as History more books like this

by Jan Vansina

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Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History

Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History more books like this

by Kevin Corrigan Kearns

'Among the finest books ever written about Dublin' Dermot Bolger, 'The Sunday Tribune' 'This book will long stand as the definitive social history of Ireland's gulags, where the poor were herded together in conditions worse than animals, and will hopefully serve as further inspiration to those who still campaign for decent housing for all citizens ...

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Where beards wag all: the relevance of the oral tradition more books like this

by George Ewart Evans

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Epic in Africa more books like this

by Isidore Okpewho

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The Way of the Warrior: Stories of the Crow People more books like this

by Phenocia Bauerle (Editor), Henry Old Coyote (Compiled by), Barney Old Coyote, Jr. (Compiled by)

With vigour and insight, Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from years past in "The Way of the Warrior". Rousing adventures and unforgettable warriors inhabit these tales: the impetuous Rabbit Child, who rushes to his fate as he keeps a sacred vow; the rise to power and dreaded revenge of Red Bear, one of ...

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Reserve Memories: The Power of the Past in a Chilcotin Community more books like this

by David W Dinwoodie

"Reserve Memories" examines how myths and narratives about the past have enabled a Northern Athabaskan community to understand and confront challenges and opportunities in the present. For over five centuries, the Chilcotin people have lived in relative isolation in the rich timberlands and scattered meadows of the inland Northwest, in what is ...

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The Singer of Tales in Performance more books like this

by John Miles Foley

Building on his work in "Traditional Oral Epic and Immanent Art", John Foley dissolves the perceived barrier between "oral" and "written," creating a composite theory from oral-formulaic theory and the ethnography of speaking and ethnopoetics. He argues that a work's "word-power" derives from its real performance and its implied traditional ...

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Who Says? more books like this

by Carol L Birch (Editor), Melissa A Heckler (Editor)

In the last two decades, the storytelling movement has gained momentum, both as an educational tool and an entertainment form. But the revival is so young that there is no common vocabulary for discussing it. Contemporary storytelling has its roots in the oral and literary trditions. Performances are often judged according to the aesthetics of ...

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The Songs of Homer more books like this

by G S Kirk

The literature of the western world begins with one of its greatest achievements. The stories of the wrath of Achilles and its consequences, and of the wanderings of Odysseus, have been admired from ancient times to the present day. The two great epics can be read and enjoyed, unreflectingly, as tales of adventure; or they can be studied as ...

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Homer and the Heroic Tradition more books like this

by Cedric H Whitman

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Spells of Enchantment: 2the Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture more books like this

by Various, Professor Jack Zipes (Editor)

This collection of folk and fairy tales is specifically designed to be of interest to adults.

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Wiregrass Country more books like this

by Jerrilyn McGregory (Preface by)

Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) refers to a genus of flora that depends on fire ecology for germination. Although its growth is widespread from the Chesapeake Bay to the eastern brim of Texas, only one region has acquired the word for vernacular recognition. Ranging over parts of three states, Wiregrass Country extends from north of Savannah, sweeps ...

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In the African-American Grain: Call-And-Response in Twentieth-Century Black Fiction more books like this

by John F Callahan

"In the African-American Grain" is a powerful exploration of the impact of African-American oral storytelling techniques on modern and contemporary fiction. Reading literature in the call-and-response tradition, John F. Callahan shows how African-American writers including Charles Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Ernest ...

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Oral Traditions of Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands more books like this

by Richard Feinberg

Anuta is a small Polynesian community in the eastern Solomon Islands that has had minimal contact with outside cultural forces. Even at the end of the twentieth century, it remains one of the most traditional and isolated islands in the insular Pacific. In Oral Traditions of Anuta, Richard Feinberg offers a telling collection of Anutan historical ...

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Vox Intexta: Orality and Textuality in the Middle Ages more books like this

by Alger N Doane, Carol B Pasternack (Editor)

Brings together interrelated essays on aspects of oral production and reception in Western European medieval contexts from modern and post-structuralist perspectives. The contributors discusss the physical, social and semiotic qualities of medieval oralism, exploring a range of issues.

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Over the Lip of the World more books like this

by Colleen J McElroy

Poet McElroy won a Fulbright to Madagascar, where she immersed herself in the country's apparently rich and vital storytelling tradition. Her book retells Malagasy origin myths, folktales, and poetry, all wrapped in her narrative of her trip.

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