Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives

David W. Thompson, Wallace A. Bacon, Speech Communication Association

Paperback (19 Apr 1983)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Co-published with the Speech Communication Association, these thirty original essays explore the history of non-dramatic literature in performance from Homer to the present. Focusing on various historical perspectives, the essays examine the impact of orality on the written word and the translation of that impact into performance. Associate editors are Wallace A. Bacon, Eugene Bahn, Lee Hudson and Alethea S. Mattingly. Managing Editor is Jean Haskell Speer.

Book information

ISBN:	9780819131478
Publisher:	UPA
Imprint:	University Press of America
Pub date:	19 Apr 1983
DEWEY:	809
DEWEY edition:	19
Language:	English
Number of pages:	728
Weight:	454g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	25mm