Author: Okpewho, Isidore
Title: The Epic in Africa: Towards a Poetics of the Oral Performance
Description: New York, Columbia University Press, 1979. orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm,, xvii,288 pp. Some rubbing. VG. In a rubbed dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: An Introduction to Traditional African Art; The Resources of the Oral Epic; The Hero: His Image & His Relevance; On Form & Structure; Elements of the Oral Narrative Style; Conclusion.

Keywords: African Literature, Africa, Anthropology, Literary Criticism, Epic Poetry, Folksong, Folk Songs, Ethnography, Oral Literature