{"product_id":"traditional-oral-epic-john-miles-foley-9780520084360","title":"Traditional Oral Epic: The Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croation Return Song","description":"John Miles Foley offers an innovative and straightforward approach to the structural analysis of oral and oral-derived traditional texts. Professor Foley argues that to give the vast and complex body of oral \"literature\" its due, we must first come to terms with the endemic heterogeneity of traditional oral epics, with their individual histories, genres, and documents, as well as both the synchronic and diachronic aspects of their poetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil now, the emphasis in studies of oral traditional works has been placed on addressing the correspondences among traditions-shared structures of \"formula,\" \"theme,\" and \"story-pattern.\" \u003ci\u003eTraditional Oral Epic\u003c\/i\u003e explores the incongruencies among traditions and focuses on the qualities specific to certain oral and oral-derived works. It is certain to inspire further research in this field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Miles Foley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520084365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520084360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.12w x 1.17d","brand":"John Miles Foley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140679880959,"sku":"9780520084360","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_893e2da2-06fc-4fbb-9956-1435e9c4b840.jpg?v=1726596726","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/traditional-oral-epic-john-miles-foley-9780520084360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}