This book examines the oral literature of the nomadic Turkic peoples.

This book focuses on the performance of oral epics and explores the significance of performance features for the interpretation of epic poetry. The leading ques

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Oral epic poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Ka