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The Singer of Tales (Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature, 24) by Albert Bates Lord is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The Singer of Tales is a book by Albert Lord that discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic. Lord builds on the research of Milman Parry and their work together recording Balkan guslar poets. First published in 1960.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Albert Bates Lord
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Published
- 1971
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674808812
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Education, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (99 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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