The Singer Resumes the Tale (Myth and Poetics)
It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.
Albert Bates Lord
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Catalog books
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4
Works
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1992 to 1995
Strongest span
Who This Author Is
Albert Bates Lord examines how oral poets remember and reshape narratives, drawing on fieldwork and comparative study in The Singer Resumes the Tale. His writing tracks performance techniques, mnemonic structures, and the social role of storytelling to show how long poems survive and change in oral tradition.
Lord combines close description of singers’ practices with theoretical observation, tracing patterns of formula, variation, and composition in performance. The book translates these practices into practical insights about memory, improvisation, and the communal transmission that keeps large-scale epic and tale alive.
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Author At A Glance
Best known for: Oral tradition studies • Comparative mythology • Poetics of epic performance
Genres and themes: Folklore and myth • Oral storytelling • Epic narrative
Who this author is best for: Ideal for readers who appreciate close readings of oral performance and the mechanics of storytelling in mythic traditions.
Start with The Singer Resumes the Tale to see Lord's approach to how singers shape and transmit epic narratives.
Top Books To Start With
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The Singer Resumes the Tale (Myth and Poetics)
Cornell Univ Pr • 1995 • standard commitment
UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 258 pages.
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A Lower Ladakhi Version of the Gling Rgyal Lham Kesar
Taylor & Francis • 1992 • commitment varies by edition
UPB note: year signal: 1992.
How The Picks Compare
- A Lower Ladakhi Version of the Gling Rgyal Lham Kesar gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while The Singer Resumes the Tale (Myth and Poetics) leans later in the catalog.