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Author Rubin, David C.

Title Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes / David C. Rubin.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-365) and indexes.
Contents The representation of themes in memory -- Imagery -- Sound -- Combining constraints -- The transmission of oral traditions, -- Basic observations on remembering -- A theory of remembering for oral traditions -- Epic and formulaic theory -- Counting-out rhymes -- North Carolina Ballads -- Discussion.
Summary This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author elaborates on three structural devices that appear in oral traditions: those consisting of meaning; those using imagery; and those in which sound pattern is predominant.
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Subject Oral tradition.
Oral tradition.
Memory.
Memory.
Counting-out rhymes -- History and criticism.
Counting-out rhymes.
Ballads, English -- North Carolina -- History and criticism.
Ballads, English.
North Carolina.
Epic literature -- History and criticism.
Epic literature.
Indexed Term Humans Memory (Mental processes)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Rubin, David C. Memory in oral traditions. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (DLC) 94008997
ISBN 142375851X (electronic book)
9781423758518 (electronic book)
1601299206
9781601299208
1280443367
9781280443367
0195082117 (Cloth)
9780195082111