I submitted these e-mails in the course 
of an Independent Study--entitled, "Performance of Epic"--
that I took in the fall of 1999.
 

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epic__5             performance of epic in India.
epic__6             performance of epic in Africa.
epic__7             performance of lament.
epic__8             about _The Merchant of Art: An Egyptian Hilali Epic Poet in Performance_.