Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature
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Beteilige Person: Niles, John D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press 1999
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Links:https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202953
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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202953
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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202953
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202953
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Beschreibung:Biographical note: John D. Niles is Frederic G. Cassidy Professor of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author and editor of many books, including Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition and coeditor, with Allen J. Frantzen, of Anglo-Saxonism and the Construction of Social Identity
Main description: Homo Narrans explores how human beings shape their world through the stories they tell. Author John D. Niles ponders the nature of the storytelling impulse, the social function of narrative, and the role of individual talent in oral tradition
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (296 S.)
ISBN:9780812202953
DOI:10.9783/9780812202953