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Book/Printed Material Oral literature in Africa

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Title

  • Oral literature in Africa

Summary

  • "This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images, and an updated bibliography, as well as original chapters on poetry, prose, 'drum language' and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa."--Back cover.

Names

  • Finnegan, Ruth H., author

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2012.

Headings

  • -  Folk literature
  • -  Folk literature, African--History and criticism
  • -  Oral tradition--Africa

Genre

  • Electronic books

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-542) and index.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 08, 2020).

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xlii, 568 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PL8010

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019467807

Reproduction Number

  • 22573/ctt5n0c56

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Finnegan, Ruth H., Author. Oral literature in Africa. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2012. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019467807/.

APA citation style:

Finnegan, R. H. (2012) Oral literature in Africa. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019467807/.

MLA citation style:

Finnegan, Ruth H., Author. Oral literature in Africa. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2012. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019467807/>.