Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Manuel Alvar López. El Romancero viejo y tradicional. Mexico City: Editorial Porrua.

Largely a collection of medieval and modern poems in the Iberian languages, with an introduction which treats the genre, its history and criticism, its continuity with gestes, the oral troubadours, and geographical distribution. Emphasizes writing over orality in composition and transmission.
Area: HI