The Penguin Book of Oral poetry

Finnegan, Ruth edits

'Poems from thirteen cultures': Gond, Malay, Mongol, Zulu, Somali, Yoruba, Irish, Pueblo, Eskimo, Hawaiian, Maori, Aboriginal, English; extracts from epics and long narratives; 500+pp; first published by Allen Lane in 1978.

Publisher: Penguin. First English paperback edition 1982
Edition: 2nd Edition
Place Published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Pictorial wrappers. Owner signature, very good.


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