{"product_id":"the-singer-of-tales-third-edition-9780674975736","title":"The Singer of Tales: Third Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1960, Albert B. Lord's \u003ci\u003eThe Singer of Tales\u003c\/i\u003e remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry. Based upon pathbreaking fieldwork conducted in the 1930s and 1950s among oral epic singers of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, Lord analyzes in impressive detail the techniques of oral composition in performance. He explores the consequences of this analysis for the interpretation of numerous works of traditional verbal art, including--in addition to South Slavic epic songs--the Homeric \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChanson de Roland\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Byzantine epic \u003ci\u003eDigenis Akritas\u003c\/i\u003e. A cardinal text for the study of oral traditions, \u003ci\u003eThe Singer of Tales\u003c\/i\u003e also represents an exemplary use of the comparative method in literary criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis third edition offers a corrected text of the second edition and is supplemented by an open-access website (in lieu of the second edition's CD-ROM), providing all the recordings discussed by Lord, as well as a variety of other multimedia materials.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElmer, David F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David F. Elmer is Professor of the Classics and Associate Curator of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard University.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326996877586,"sku":"9780674975736","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e6b328a-bd58-455a-bff6-b48ded1310e3.jpg?v=1727708059","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-singer-of-tales-third-edition-9780674975736","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}