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" To say that the opportunity for originality and for finding the "poetically" fine phrase exists does not mean that the desire for originality also exists. There are periods and styles in which originality is not at a premium. If the singer knows a ready-made... "
Ugarit in Retrospect: Fifty Years of Ugarit and Ugaritic - Page 129
edited by - 1981 - 238 pages
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Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology

Robert D. Fulk - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 312 pages
...oral poet is simply the aesthetic of some poets who use formulas. Lord may be right in saying that "there are periods and styles in which originality is not at a premium" (Singer, p. 45). Not all such periods and styles need involve oral composition. It is also possible...
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