Oral Tradition Journal

Oral Tradition Journal
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Oral Tradition Current Table of Contents

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Oral Tradition Volume 26, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2011

Festschrift for John Miles Foley
This special issue of Oral Tradition is published in honor of John Miles Foley’s 65th birthday and 2011 retirement. The surprise Festschrift, guest-edited by Lori and Scott Garner entirely without his knowledge, celebrates John’s tremendous impact on studies in oral tradition through a series of essays contributed by his students from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1979-present) and from NEH Summer Seminars that he has directed (1987-1996).

	Foreword by Joseph Falaky Nagy
	Introduction and Tabula Gratulatoria by Lori Ann Garner, R. Scott Garner
	Juxtaposing Cogadh Gáedel re Gallaib with Orkneyinga saga by Thomas A. DuBois
	Toward an Ethnopoetically Grounded Edition of Homer’s Odyssey by Steve Reece
	Matija Murko, Wilhelm Radloff, and Oral Epic Studies by Aaron Phillip Tate
	“A Swarm in July”: Beekeeping Perspectives on the Old English Wið Ymbe Charm by Lori Ann Garner, Kayla M. Miller
	Cicero the Homerist by Carolyn Higbie
	Toward a Ritual Poetics: Dream of the Rood as a Case Study by Heather Maring
	Oral Tradition and Sappho by R. Scott Garner
	Variation within Limits: An Evolutionary Approach to the Structure and Dynamics of the Multiform by Michael D. C. Drout
	Leslie Marmon Silko and Simon J. Ortiz: Pathways to the Tradition by Dave Henderson
	“Stricken to Silence”: Authoritative Response, Homeric Irony, and the Peril of a Missed Language Cue by Andrew E. Porter
	Vernacular Phrasal Display: Towards the Definition of a Form by Adam Brooke Davis
	The Role of Memory in the Tradition Represented by the Deuteronomic History and the Book of Chronicles by Raymond F. Person, Jr.
	Memory on Canvas: Commedia dell’Arte as a Model for Homeric Performance by Timothy W. Boyd
	Changing Traditions and Village Development in Kalotaszentkirály by Wayne Kraft
	Further Explorations
	Intentionally Adrift: What The Pathways Project Can Teach Us About Teaching and Learning by Bonnie D. Irwin
	Sean-nós i gConamara / Sean-nós in Connemara: Digital Media and Oral Tradition in the West of Ireland by Holly Hobbs
	The Metonym: Rhetoric and Oral Tradition at the Crossroads by Catherine Quick
	Heroic Register, Oral Tradition, and the Alliterative Morte Arthure by Rebecca Richardson Mouser
	Prisons, Performance Arena, and Occupational Humor by Claire Schmidt
	Beowulf’s Singers of Tales as Hyperlinks by Peter Ramey
	Rethinking Individual Authorship: Robert Burns, Oral Tradition, and the Twenty-First Century by Ruth Knezevich
	“A Misnomer of Sizeable Proportions”: SMS and Oral Tradition by Sarah Zurhellen
	The Old English Verse Line in Translation: Steps Toward a New Theory of Page Presentation by Derek Updegraff
	Communication Then and Now by Bruce E. Shields
	Remix: Pathways of the Mind by Morgan E. Grey
	A Personal Appreciation: How John Miles Foley Laid the Foundation for My Life in an Ashram by Ward Parks
	Annotated Bibliography of Works by John Miles Foley by R. Scott Garner

Oral Tradition Master Index

Oral Tradition Volume 26, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2011

Oral Tradition Volume 25, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2010

Oral Tradition Volume 25, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2010

Oral Tradition in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Oral Tradition Volume 24, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2009

Sound Effects

Oral Tradition Volume 24, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2009

Oral Tradition Volume 23, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2008

Oral Tradition Volume 23, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2008

Oral Tradition Volume 22, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2007

Basque Special Issue

Oral Tradition Volume 22, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2007

Bob Dylan’s Performance Artistry

Oral Tradition Volume 21, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2006

Oral Tradition Volume 21, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2006

Oral Tradition Volume 20, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2005

Performance Literature (2)

Oral Tradition Volume 20, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2005

Performance Literature (1)

Oral Tradition Volume 19, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2004

Oral Tradition Volume 19, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2004

Oral Tradition Volume 18, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2003

Synopses of Oral Traditions (2)

Oral Tradition Volume 18, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2003

Synopses of Oral Traditions (1)

Oral Tradition Volume 17, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2002

Oral Tradition Volume 17, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2002

Oral Tradition Volume 16, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2001

Chinese Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 16, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2001

Oral Tradition Volume 15, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2000

Oral Tradition Volume 15, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2000

Oral Tradition Volume 14, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1999

Oral Tradition Volume 14, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1999

Hebrew Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 13, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1998

Oral Tradition Volume 13, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1998

Native American Oral Traditions: Collaboration and Interpretation

Oral Tradition Volume 12, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1997

Oral Tradition Volume 12, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1997

South Asian Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 11, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1996

Oral Tradition Volume 11, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1996

Epics Along the Silk Roads

Oral Tradition Volume 10, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1995

Oral Tradition Volume 10, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1995

Oral Tradition Volume 9, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1994

Oral Tradition Volume 9, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1994

African Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition Volume 8, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1993

Oral Tradition Volume 8, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1993

Oral Tradition Volume 7, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1992

Oral Tradition Volume 7, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1992

Oral Tradition Volume 6, Number 2-3 ( Table of Contents )
May 1991

Serbo-Croatian Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition Volume 6, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1991

Oral Tradition Volume 5, Number 2-3 ( Table of Contents )
May 1990

South Pacific Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 5, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1990

Oral Tradition Volume 4, Number 3 ( Table of Contents )
October 1989

Oral Tradition Volume 4, Number 1-2 ( Table of Contents )
January 1989

Arabic Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 3, Number 3 ( Table of Contents )
October 1988

Oral Tradition Volume 3, Number 1-2 ( Table of Contents )
January 1988

Oral Tradition Volume 2, Number 2-3 ( Table of Contents )
May 1987

Hispanic Balladry

Oral Tradition Volume 2, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1987

Festschrift for Walter J. Ong

Oral Tradition Volume 1, Number 3 ( Table of Contents )
December 1986

Oral Tradition Volume 1, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
May 1986

Oral Tradition Volume 1, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1986

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