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- Chadwick , H.M. and Chadwick , M.K. The Growth of Literature Vol.ii , 240 – 241 .
- Thompson , D. 1976 . ‘Poems before Print’ . The Use of English , XXVII (2) Spring : 10
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- Thompson , D. The Uses of Poetry 64
- O'Malley , R. 1974 . ‘Ballads, Condescension and Humility’ . The Use of English , XXVI (2) Winter : 162
- Thompson , D. “ ‘Poems before Print’ ” . 14
- Forrest , W.C. and Novelli , C. 1981 . ‘The Oral Roots of Literature. An Interview with Robert Penn Warren’ . Sewanee Review , LXXXIX ( 3 ) Summer : 329
- Ibid., p.315.
- In conversation with the author.
- Eliot , T.S. The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism 151
- Aristotle, The Poetics, IX.4.
- Forrest , W.C. and Novelli , C. “ ‘The Oral Roots of Literature’ ” . 331