Download or read book Medieval Oral Literature written by Karl Reichl and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. In ‘Medieval Oral Literature’ in the ‘De Gruyter Lexikon’ series, an international team of scholars has provided an in-depth discussion both of theoretical issues and various poetic traditions and genres. In addition to the core areas of the European Middle Ages, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Turkish traditions have also been included.