Publication

2001 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

61,750 words, Guess

Page Count

247 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • LibraryThing3109484
  • Library of Congress Control Number00040064
  • OCLC Control Number44117883
  • Better World Books9780198152576
  • Better World BooksP8-DIY-525

Classifications

  • DDC883/.01
  • LCCPA4175 .M56 2001
  • LCCPA4175.M56 2001

Description

"In this study the author shows that the demands made on the poet, who relies neither on rote memory nor on written notes, have led him to adopt certain memory-based strategies which have left their traces in the text. What we discover is that the poet in an oral tradition makes intense and creative use of those resources of memory which are available to us all - episodic memory, auditory memory, visual memory, and spatial memory - to assist him both in the preparation of his song and at the moment of performance."--Jacket.

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