Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- PREFACE
- PART I THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE TATARS
- PART II THE ORAL LITERATURE OF POLYNESIA
- Chapter I INTRODUCTION
- Chapter II SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO THE MIGRATION PERIOD AND TO LATER PERIODS
- Chapter III NON-HEROIC SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO LEGENDARY CHARACTERS OF THE PREHISTORIC AND LATER PERIODS
- Chapter IV SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO DIVINE BEINGS, AND MANTIC POETRY
- Chapter V SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO UNSPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS
- Chapter VI DRAMATIC AND RITUAL POETRY
- Chapter VII ANTIQUARIAN, GNOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE
- Chapter VIII RECITATION AND COMPOSITION
- Chapter IX THE TOHUNGA, KAULA, ETC
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- A NOTE ON THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE IBAN OR THE SEA DYAKS OF NORTH BORNEO
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- PART III NOTES ON THE ORAL LITERATURE OF SOME AFRICAN PEOPLES
- PART IV A GENERAL SURVEY
- INDEX
Chapter I - INTRODUCTION
from PART II - THE ORAL LITERATURE OF POLYNESIA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- PREFACE
- PART I THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE TATARS
- PART II THE ORAL LITERATURE OF POLYNESIA
- Chapter I INTRODUCTION
- Chapter II SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO THE MIGRATION PERIOD AND TO LATER PERIODS
- Chapter III NON-HEROIC SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO LEGENDARY CHARACTERS OF THE PREHISTORIC AND LATER PERIODS
- Chapter IV SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO DIVINE BEINGS, AND MANTIC POETRY
- Chapter V SAGA AND POETRY RELATING TO UNSPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS
- Chapter VI DRAMATIC AND RITUAL POETRY
- Chapter VII ANTIQUARIAN, GNOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE
- Chapter VIII RECITATION AND COMPOSITION
- Chapter IX THE TOHUNGA, KAULA, ETC
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- A NOTE ON THE ORAL LITERATURE OF THE IBAN OR THE SEA DYAKS OF NORTH BORNEO
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- PART III NOTES ON THE ORAL LITERATURE OF SOME AFRICAN PEOPLES
- PART IV A GENERAL SURVEY
- INDEX
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- The Growth of Literature , pp. 229 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1940