Lord, Albert Bates.

The singer of tales. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1964. - Harvard studies in comparative literature ; 24 .

"The first form of this book served as a doctoral disseration ... at Harvard in 1949." First published 1960.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [279]-304).


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