A world of others' words

Introduction : Genre, performance, adn the prduction of inrertxtuality -- "And the verse is thus" : Icelandic stories about magical poems -- "I'll give you three guesses" : the dynamics of genre in the riddle tale -- "What shall we give you?" : calibrations of genre in a Mexican market -- "Bell, you get the spotted pup" : first person narratives of a Texas storyteller -- "That I can't tell you" : negotiating performance with a Nova Scotia fisherman -- "Go, my reciter my words" : mediation, tradition, authority -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.