Walter J. Ong
One of the originators of the interdisciplinary field of study that Oral Tradition serves, Walter J. Ong, now University Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Saint Louis University, has published a brilliant succession of books and articles, among them The Presence of the Word (1967), Interfaces of the Word (1977), Fighting for Life (1981), and Orality and Literacy (1982).
Articles by Walter J. Ong
Orality-Literacy Studies and the Unity of the Human Race
Volume 2, Issue 1 (January, 1987)Before Textuality: Orality and Interpretation
Volume 3, Issue 3 (October, 1988)Hermeneutic Forever: Voice, Text, Digitization, and the āIā
Volume 10, Issue 1 (March, 1995)
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