<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>This collection covers some twenty years of research dealing with the principal genres of medieval Spanish literature, especially epic, primarily from a typological perspective, and focusing on the question of folk style versus written style.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The present collection covers some twenty years of research (1974-1995) dealing with the principal genres of medieval Spanish literature, especially epic, primarily from a typological rather than genetic perspective, and focusing, above all, on the question of folk (or oral) style versus written style.</p><p>The approach within the context of medieval Spanish literature is unusual in that it makes extensive use of Serbo-Croatian-language folk texts and related forms and of Russian folk material to some extent as well, with occasional treatment of other traditions, such as the Old English and Galician-Portuguese, all of which are relevant from a particular theoretical standpoint. A reply to Albert B. Lord is also included.</p><p>The relevance of the Hispanic <em>Prisionero</em> in calling up the earliest known South Slavic ballad (the <em>bugarstica</em>) is also suggested.</p>