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The nine essays in this volume focus on performance and audience reception of oral poetry, inviting us to rethink some key concepts for an understanding of traditional epic poetry. Egbert Bakker examines the epic performer's use of time and tense in recounting a past that is ali…
"This book revolves around three themes: (1) The role of orality in the transmission of chant c. 700-1400, (2) the role of the formula in the construction of chant and (3) the varying degrees of stability or instability in the transmission of chant."--Introduction.
