I submitted these e-mails in the course of an Independent Study entitled,
"Performance of Epic," that I took with Prof. Roger Abrahams in the
fall of 1999.  

epic__1
epic__2
epic__3
epic__4
epic__5             performance of epic in India.
epic__6             performance of epic in Africa.
epic__7             performance of lament.
epic__8             about The Merchant of Art: An Egyptian Hilali Epic Poet in Performance.

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Incidentally, links to eight of Prof. Abrahams early articles --
and a summary that he requested me to write regarding them --
are here.  (I was Prof. Abrahams' Research Assistant, '99 - '01.)