Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Manuel Alvar López. Cantares de gesta medievales. Mexico City: Editorial Porrua.

Edition of five cantares with an introduction that discusses traditionalism, the origins of Spanish epic, French influence, and the romancero as a traditional poetry. His critical perspective reaches back to the nineteenth century, well before the work of Menéndez Pidal.
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