Primitive Song — C. M. Bowra

Author: C. M. Bowra
Publisher: Mentor Books / New American Library
Format: Paperback
Edition: First Mentor printing, May 1963
ISBN: No ISBN

Condition: Acceptable to good second-hand condition. The book shows visible age and handling wear, including creasing to the front cover, edge wear, rubbing, age-toning to pages, wear to the spine, and general shelf wear. Binding appears intact. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Primitive Song is a study of early poetic and musical expression by classical scholar C. M. Bowra. Drawing on songs, chants, myths, rituals, and oral traditions from a range of cultures, Bowra examines how literature may have begun in communal song, ceremony, memory, and the attempt to make sense of nature, death, gods, and human experience.