Oral Tradition Volume 3, Number 1-2January 1988
About the Authors
Richard M. Swiderski
An unaffi liated scholar trained as a cultural anthropologist, Richard Swiderski has carried on fi eldwork among the Knanaya. His full-length study of that people’s rituals, Blood Weddings, will appear in both India and the United States in late 1988.
Brynley F. Roberts
Brynley F. Roberts (National Library of Wales) has contributed numerous articles and monographs to the study of Welsh literature, including a recent essay in The Craft of Fiction (1984) on the transition from traditional tale to literary story.
Alexandra Hennessey Olsen
A member of the English department at the University of Denver, Alexandra Hennessey Olsen has written widely on Old and Middle English literature, particularly on their roots in oral tradition and in Latin literature.
Victor H. Mair
Victor H. Mair (University of Pennsylvania) specializes in Chinese literature; among his recent books are Tun-huang Popular Narratives (1983) and T’ang Transformation Texts (1988).
Mark W. Edwards
Mark W. Edwards is Emeritus Professor of Classics at Stanford University. His main research interest is ancient Greek epic, and he is the author of several books on Homer, including Homer: Poet of the Iliad (1987) and volume 5 of the Cambridge University Press commentary on the Iliad (1993).
Olga Merck Davidson
Olga Merck Davidson is Adjunct Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Brandeis University. She has published numerous studies on Persian and Iranian oral tradition, including Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings (1994) and more recently Comparative Literature and Classical Persian Poetry (2000).
Lee Edgar Tyler
Lee Edgar Tyler’s biography is not available.
David Henige
Librarian at the University of Wisconsin/Madison, David Henige has contributed signifi cantly to the study of African oral tradition and history, especially in his 1974 volume, The Chronology of Oral Tradition: Quest for a Chimera.
Tullio Maranhão
Tullio Maranhão’s biography is not available.
