Oral Epics from Africa
The editors... must be congratulated... Long live the Africanstorytellers! -- Africa TodayIt is difficult toimagine a more practical introduction to contemporary African epic than thisanthology... no other single volume comprehends the full scope of African epic (asopposed to praise poetry) the way this one does.... The stories are engaging, andthe free-verse translations are surprisingly readable.... Recommended for allacademic collections. -- ChoiceWestern culture traces itsliterary heritage to such well-known epics as the Iliad and the Odyssey andGilgamesh. But it is only recently that scholars have turned their attention towardcapturing t…
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Weitere Autoren: Hale, Thomas A. (Hrsg.) / Belcher, Stephen (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-253-21110-1
- EAN: 9780253211101
- Produktnummer: 3649392
- Verlag: Indiana Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 332 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.9 cm 499 g
- Gewicht: 499
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
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