25th anniversary

Dell Hymes

Dell Hymes, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, has pioneered the study of ethnopoetics. His numerous and important publications include “In vain I tried to tell you”: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics (1981), as well as essays in journals and collections ranging from anthropology and linguistics through Native American literature and culture.

Articles by Dell Hymes

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Ethnopoetics, Oral-Formulaic Theory, and Editing Texts

Volume 9, Issue 2 (October, 1994)

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