Homo Narrans : the poetics and anthropology of oral literature /
Niles, John D.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
c1999.
Includes bibliographical references ([237]-264) and index.
Making connections -- Somatic communication -- Poetry as social praxis -- Oral poetry acts -- Beowulf as ritualized discourse -- Context and loss -- The strong tradition-bearer -- Conclusion: wordpower wells from deep in the throat.
Storytelling.
Oral tradition.
Folk literature.