Traditional Oral Epic: The <i>Odyssey</i>, <i>Beowulf</i>, and the Serbo-Croation Return Song

Employing linguistic and thematic analysis to compare "The Odyssey", "Beowulf" and various folk tales from the Stolac district of Hercegovina, this study offers an innovative approach to the structural interpretation of folklore derived from oral sources.

• | By (Author): John Miles Foley (Author)
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 28, 1993
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 680 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0520084365
• | ISBN-13: 9780520084360