The poem in the story : music, poetry, and narrative /

The poem in the story : music, poetry, and narrative /

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Author / Creator:Scheub, Harold.
Imprint:Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002.
Description:xx, 316 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Tales -- South Africa -- History and criticism.
Oral tradition -- South Africa.
Folk music -- Africa.
Folk poetry, African.
Folk poetry, African.
Oral tradition.
Tales.
South Africa.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5572105
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ISBN:029918210X (cloth : alk. paper)
0299182142 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Prelude
  • The Poem and the Story: The Poetics of Storytelling
  • The Poem
  • The Story
  • The Poem in the Story: Myth, Music, Metaphor
  • Myth: The Raw Materials--Myth and Transformation
  • Music: Ordering the Raw Materials--The Creation of Metaphor
  • Metaphor: Preparation for Performance--Myth, Metaphor, Meaning
  • A Storyteller Guards the Poem in Her Story
  • Postlude
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
Given in honor of his excellency H. Kamuzu Banda Life President of the Republic of Malawi bookplate

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