David of Sassoun, Critical Studies on the Armenian Epic, Dickran Kouymjian; Barlow Der Mugrdechian (hardcover)

This collection of essays represents the papers read or prepared for the international symposium, “David of Sassoun: The Armenian Folk Epic after a Century,” organized by the Armenian Studies Program of California State University, Fresno, and held in 1978. Some of the essays are exactly as they were presented orally; others have been slightly revised, some totally changed. After an introductory essay and a concise summary of the epic, a new variant, discovered in California because of the publicity generated by the symposium, has been added. A critical bibliography of David of Sassoun will be found at the end of the volume to guide those inspired by these studies to plunge deeper into Armenian epic literature.