Orality, Ossian and translation

Epics, ballads, prose tales, ritual and lyric songs, as genres, existed orally before writing was invented. Serious debate about them, at least in modern Western culture, may be said to have begun with James Macpherson and Thomas Percy. Considering the ongoing debate on orality and authenticity in t...

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Main Author: Bär, Gerald (author)
Format: book
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/10515
Country:Portugal
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