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  • Tony Wilmot Memorial Library

Memory in oral traditions :

Rubin, David C.

Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads and counting-out rhymes / David C. Rubin. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. - xi, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-365) and indexes.

The representation of themes in memory -- Imagery -- Sound -- Combining constraints -- The transmission of oral traditions, -- Basic observations on remembering -- A theory of remembering for oral traditions -- Epic and formulaic theory -- Counting-out rhymes -- North Carolina Ballads -- Discussion.

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GR67 / .R83 1995

GR 67.R83 1995