The study of oral traditions and verbal arts leads into an area of human culture to which anthrop...

does researching take place only in the universities? and what about the opportunities opened up ...

A wonderful retelling of and new insight ino the familiar biblical tales in wonderfullyrich and...

Uses narrative and urban theory to analyse a range of stories about the city.

Brian Street's volume investigates the meanings and uses of literacy in different cultures and so...

A new edition of Ruth Finnegan's controversial reposte to Walter Ong's famous theories of'orality'

Based on intensive fieldwork in an urban American junior high school, this original study explore...

An enlarged and updated edition of Ruth Finnegan'sauthoritative and fully evidenced classic., ded...

An undiscovered treasure:the romance of cookery first published in America in 1911. A cross betwe...

A lovely collection of beautiful verse edited by Ruth Finnegan for the home, church or school. Ea...

Homer's tender account of the love between two great warriors in the blood, turmoil and jealousie...