Oral Epics of Central Asia

by Victor Zhirmunsky and Nora Kershaw Chadwick

Book Overview

Originally published in 1969, this book consists of a revised version of Dr Chadwick's section on the oral literature of the Turkic peoples in The Growth of Literature with supplementary material on the results of research in the Soviet Union by Professor Victor Zhirmunsky. This literature is of the greatest interest and variety, and not excessively 'strange' to readers of European oral literature. It was produced by nomadic peoples with well-developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521148286
• ISBN13: 9780521148283
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"