
The first book to offer a history, theory, and methodology of textmaking from an interdisciplinary perspective, The Folklore Text attacks a critical issue in the study of verbal performance--translating performance style into print.

Offers a history, theory, and methodology of textmaking from an interdisciplinary perspective. This book examines the implications of performance theory for textmaking and constructs a model of an ideal, performance-centered text based on aesthetic field theory. It is useful...