Search Results: the art of the american folk by rosenberg bruce a

Oxford University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. FFEP nealty removed; usual library markings; pockets and labels removed; in protective mylar jacket. 265 pages; Ex Library; 6 x 9

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Very Good. Rosenberg, Bruce A.. Can These Bones Live? The Art of the American Folk Preacher. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1988. 310pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Sunning to spine.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 265 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 1/8" Old tape marks on endpapers; pocket attached to last page; library stamping inked on title page and top page edge; sticker removed from spine with light scuffing; jacket spine is slightly faded; jacket edges and corners are lightly worn; jacket in mylar sleeve.

Sewn binding. Blue cloth over boards. 265 p. With index. ex libraryreligion

University of Illinois Press, 1988. paperback. very good condition with a bit of wear. There is a rubber stamp mark on the front end page

Oxford University Press, 1970. VG-/VG. Front free endpaper torn out (else VG+); trace of shelfwear. DJ w/ bit of rubbing/edgewear; spine discolored; in new Brodart protector. 000023363

Oxford University Press, 1970-01-01. Hardcover. Good. First edition Oxford University 1970, good blue cloth boards, edgeworn dust jacket price intact, tight binding, name/note front end page, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Very Good. Rosenberg, Bruce A.. Can These Bones Live? The Art of the American Folk Preacher. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1988. x, 310pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Slight rubbing to edges and book very slightly askew.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 265 pages. "The author's analysis of these sermons, twelve of which are included in this book, shows that they reinforce the formulaic theory of oral composition developed by Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord in the 1930s..." dj slightly faded at spine and shows a bit of handling (now in mylar protector. ; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4

Oxford University Press. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on pastedown.

NY: Oxford University, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8 vo. 265 pp. Notes index, blue cloth. Name inside front cover, very good+; dust jacket spine sunned, very good..

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st printing;
265 clean, unmarked pages/notes/index

Urbana, IL: Univ of Illinois Press. Very Good. 1970. Softcover. 0252014162 . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

NY: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st printing; dj w/small closed tear, some rubbing; price clipped, in mylar; 265 clean, unmarked pages/notes/index. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 Vo.

New York: Oxford University Press., 1970. Dust jacket has 3/4" blue circle sticker in upper right front corner and some spine-sunning, otherwise Very Good. "Mr. Rosenberg, whose specialty is medieval literature, noticed whil listening by chance to a radio sermon that the preacher was using compositional devices similar to those found in ancient and medieval epics.. The author's analysis of these sermons, twelve of which are included in this book, shows that they reinforce the formulaic theory of oral composition developed by Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord in the 1930's, when they recorded Yugoslavian folk singers whose compositional devices were like those of the Homeric epics. Mr. Rosenberg found that similar parallels could be drawn between the rhetoric of the 'spiritual' sermons -- the Word of the Lord directly inspired and chanted: not read or delivered from notes -- and that of such medieval oral epics as Beowulf or the Nibelungenlied. His commentary on these sermons… Read More