Beschreibung:
A pioneering comparative study in three volumes, published 1932 1940, covering the development of world literature from Iceland to Polynesia.
Part I. Russian Oral Literature; Part I; Part II. Yugoslav Oral Poetry; Part II. Yugoslav Oral Poetry; Part III. Early Indian Literature; Part IV. Early Hebrew Literature; Part I. The Oral Literature of the Tatars; Part II. The Oral Literature of Polynesia; Part III. Notes on the Oral Literature of Some African Peoples; Part III; 1. Abyssinia; 2; The Galla; 3. The Northern Bantu; 4. The Yoruba; 5. The Tuareg; A note on English ballad poetry; Part 4. A General Survey; Part 4. A General Survey.