Saussy's finely detailed scholarship is of import to both folklorists and literary scholars, each of whom has something to learn from the other. Whatever you thought oral literature was, Saussy makes you think again.
Western Folklore
...scholars working across a wide range of fields of literary and linguistic study will find a wealth of insight here.
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Only Haun Saussy-with his historical range, theoretical breadth, and fine close-reading-could have pulled off this brilliant comparative history of 'the perturbation caused by the idea of oral literature.' The disciplinary range of this dazzling scholarly performance takes us from linguistics and philology to ethnography and religious studies, from physiology and psychiatry to the history of graphic and sound technologies. Be prepared to marvel-and learn.
-Linda Hutcheon
University Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, University of Toronto
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