The Works of Harold Scheub: The Bibliographer's View

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This brief introduction touches only on the works involving the oral tradition. Though the bibliography is roughly chronological, I divide the discussion into 1) articles, 2) books, and 3) reference sources. It is important to emphasize that bibliographies record dates of publication, not the date when the work was writ? ten. This is all the more the case with the germination of ideas. For example, Harold Scheub told me of his plan to publish a book of narratives by Nongenile Masithathu Zenani in 1971; it did not see publication until 1992 (see reference 43). This introduc? tion contains some reminiscences such as the above and, as we all know, thanks to Professor Jan Vansina, the oral tradition is not to be implicitly trusted.