"Whistlin' Towards the Devil's House": Poetic Transformations and Natural Metaphysics in an Appalachian Folktale Performance 3
"Blasts of Language": Changes in Oral Poetics in and Victoria Sheppard Britain since 1965 44
Performance and Text in the Italian Carolingian Tradition 68
Ritual Placatory Performance of the Genpei War 90
Elaborate Versionings: Characteristics of Emergent Performance in Three Print/Oral/Aural Poets 119
Neoanalysis, Orality, and Intertextuality: An Examination of Homeric Motif Transference 148
Carneades' Quip: Orality, Philosophy, Wit, and the Poetics of Impromptu Quotation 190
Calliope, a Muse Apart: Some Remarks on the Tradition of Memory as a Vehicle of Oral Justice 210
Throwing Stones in Jest: Kasena Women's "Proverbial" Revolt 233
The Devil's Colors: A Comparative Study of French and Nigerian Folktales 250
A Meme-Based Approach to Oral Traditional Theory 269
"Culture Education" and the Challenge of Globalization in Modern Nigeria 325