Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Willard R. Trask. The Unwritten Song: Poetry of the Primitive and Traditional Peoples of the World, 2 vols. Rpt. London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.

A brief introduction to some principles or characteristics of oral poetry (vol. 1, pp. vii-xxvii), followed by translated selections from the Far North (Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Europe), Africa, Indonesia, Melanesia, Australia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Asia, North America, Central America, and South America.
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