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24 produkter
Coming To Light
Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America
Av Brian Swann
E-bok, 2010
271 kr
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A richly diverse anthology of Native American literatures draws on the work of more than two hundred tribes across the United States and Canada and provides information on the historical and cultural contexts of the stories, songs, prayers, and orations.
Collected Poems of Lucio Piccolo
Häftad, 2015
411 kr
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"In Piccolo's poems we meet a Sicily latent in the country of the tourist guides and the history books, but it was Piccolo far more than, say, his cousin Lampedusa, who was destined to draw out the latencies, read the signatures, crack the code...These brilliant translations will serve to introduce …
Collected Poems of Lucio Piccolo
Inbunden, 2016
1700 kr
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"In Piccolo's poems we meet a Sicily latent in the country of the tourist guides and the history books, but it was Piccolo far more than, say, his cousin Lampedusa, who was destined to draw out the latencies, read the signatures, crack the code...These brilliant translations will serve to introduce …
Sky Loom
Native American Myth, Story, and Song
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2014
547 kr
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Sky Loom offers a dazzling introduction to Native American myths, stories, and songs drawn from previous collections by acclaimed translator and poet Brian Swann. With a general introduction by Swann, Sky Loom is a stunning collection that provides a glimpse into the intricacies and beauties of …
Born in the Blood
On Native American Translation
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2011
622 kr
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Since Europeans first encountered Native Americans, problems relating to language and text translation have been an issue. Translators needed to create the tools for translation, such as dictionaries, still a difficult undertaking today. Although the fact that many Native languages do not share …
Voices from Four Directions
Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2004
447 kr
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Storytelling and singing continue to be a vital part of community life for Native peoples today. Voices from Four Directions gathers stories and songs from thirty-one Native groups in North America—including the Iñupiaqs in the frigid North, the Lushootseeds along the forested coastline of the far …
I Tell You Now
Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers
Häftad, 2005
253 kr
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I Tell You Now is an anthology of autobiographical accounts by eighteen notable Native writers of different ages, tribes, and areas. This second edition features a new introduction by the editors and updated biographical sketches for each writer.
Algonquian Spirit
Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2005
450 kr
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When Europeans first arrived on this continent, Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region, across much of Canada, and even in scattered communities of the American West. The rich and varied oral tradition of this Native language family, one of …
Wearing the Morning Star
Native American Song-Poems
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2005
286 kr
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With Wearing the Morning Star, Brian Swann presents a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. These are songs of the earth and the sky, songs of mourning and of love, parts of …
Snow House
Poems
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2006
282 kr
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The poems that make up Brian Swann's rich and constantly rewarding book Snow House are muscular and masterful. He has a marvelous ear and the ability to write poems that move insistently forward to a lovely and offhand resolution. The long and sinuous sentences that make up this collection range …
Song of the Sky
Versions of Native American Songs and Poems
Häftad, 1993
396 kr
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A collection of Native American songs and poems, researched and annotated by Brian Swann.
Poetry Comes Up Where It Can
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2000
170 kr
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Walk with this book to find some of the unexpected places where poetry can flourish. Discover poetry growing "where it can," in the infinite and in the microscopic: in the "star-gazing, star-thinking, star-dreaming...Milky Way," and "in minute invisible architectures...of snowflake sculpture …
Collected Poems of Lucio Piccolo
E-bok, 2015
574 kr
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"In Piccolo''s poems we meet a Sicily latent in the country of the tourist guides and the history books, but it was Piccolo far more than, say, his cousin Lampedusa, who was destined to draw out the latencies, read the signatures, crack the code....These brilliant translations will serve to …
In Late Light
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2013
339 kr
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There is a clearing by a certain stone where images flow and are worth stopping for. I have stayed there almost all day in silence until night remembered what belonged to it and its shadows started to take back its own. I've found it hard to walk away as starlight infused daisies and the stone …
Imago
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2023
283 kr
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An exuberant collection of poems celebrating art, nature, and humanity.This various and vital poetry collection, in rich language and sharp detail, spans the rural and urban, country and town, and foreign and domestic. Tracing the vagaries of the self, these poems record and transmute biography …
St. Francis and the Flies
Av Brian Swann
Häftad, 2016
307 kr
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Winner of the 2015 Autumn House Press Poetry Contest, selected by Dorianne Laux. St. Francis and the Flies is the 11th poetry collection of noted translator, Brian Swann. These stunning poems engage with the natural world unlike any other poet of our time. Rich with history, Swann's poem are both …
