Oral traditions and aesthetic transfer : form and social vision in black poetry / Charles Bodunde.

Charles Bodunde's work reveals that the revitalisation of the oral idiom does not arise from a nostalgic longing for local folklore colour for 'postcard poetry'. They reintroduce the oral idiom to recreate poetic language.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Bodunde, Charles
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bayreuth : Bayreuth University, 2001.
Series:	Bayreuth University African studies ; no. 58
Subjects:	African poetry > History and criticism Oral tradition in literature Oral tradition > Africa
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