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=100  1\$aFinnegan, Ruth,$eauthor.$uBritish Academy.
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=505  0\$aAcknowledgementsForewordMark TurinPreface to the 1977 editionPreface to the 2025 edition1. Introductory1.1 The importance of oral poetry1.2 Some forms of oral poetry1.3 What is ‘oral’ in oral poetry?1.4 The ‘poetry’ in oral poetry1.5 Performance and text2. Some approaches to the study of oral poetry2.1 Romantic and evolutionist theories2.2 The ‘historical-geographical’ school2.3 Sociological approaches and the sociology of literature2.4 Two ‘ideal types’ of society and poetry3. Composition3.1 Is memorisation the key factor?3.2 Composition-in-performance and theoral-formulaic theory3.3 How valid is the oral-formulaic theory?3.4 Prior composition, memorisation and performance3.5 Conclusion4. Style and performance4.1 The relevance of style and performance4.2 Prosodic systems4.3 Repetition, style and structure4.4 Language and diction4.5 Performance4.6 Is there a special oral style?4.7 Conclusion5. Transmission, distribution and publication5.1 Oral transmission over space and time: some striking cases5.2 Inert tradition, memorisation or re-creation?5.3 How do oral poems reach their audiences?5.4 ‘Oral transmission’ and writing5.5 Conclusion6. Poets and their positions6.1 The poet: five examples6.2 Some types of poets: specialists, experts and occasional poets6.3 Are oral poets anonymous?6.4 The poet as seer6.5 The poet as individual genius7. Audience, context and function7.1 Some types of audience7.2 The effect and the composition of audiences7.3 The purpose and meaning of poetry: local theories7.4 Some effects of oral poetry8. Poetry and society8.1 The link between poetic and social institutions8.2 Does one type of poetry always go with a particular form of society? ‘Heroic age’, ‘ballad society’ and‘oral culture’8.3 Literature as the reflection and consequence of social forms8.4 Literature as social actionConcluding commentAfterwordWeb linksBibliographyList of IllustrationsIndex
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=520  \\$aThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to the vast field of 'oral poetry,' encompassing everything from American folksongs, contemporary pop songs, and Inuit lyrics, to the heroic epics of Homer, biblical psalms, and epic traditions in Asia and the Pacific. Taking a broad comparative approach, it explores oral poetry across Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. Drawing on global research, Ruth Finnegan, the author of the seminal Oral Literature in Africa, sheds light on key debates such as the nature of oral tradition, the relationship between poetry and society, the differences between oral and written forms, and the role of poets in predominantly non-literate contexts.  Written from a primarily anthropological and literary perspective, this study contributes to the socio-cultural aspects of verbal art while also engaging with the literary dimensions of poetry which happens at any given moment to be unwritten. Finnegan's clear, non-technical language and extensive use of translated examples make this work accessible to a wide audience, appealing not only to sociologists and anthropologists but also to those with an interest in poetry, in comparative literature, and in global folk traditions.  The re-issue of this classic study is now augmented by further illustrations and a newly written Introduction and Conclusion, situating it in the context of the contemporary study of literature.
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