Izibongo: Zulu Praise-poems
Author: James Stuart
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon P.
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 252
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Symposium of the Whole
Author: Jerome Rothenberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2016-04-19
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 0520293118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEDWARD L. SCHIEFFELIN: From The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers
Izibongo. Zulu praise-poems. Collected by James Stuart. Translated by Daniel Malcolm. Edited with introductions and annotations by Trevor Cope
Author: James Stuart
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 229
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKXhosa Poets and Poetry
Author: Jeff Opland
Publisher: New Africa Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780864864208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKXhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet.
Musho!
Author: Liz Gunner
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 1991-09-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0870139223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Musho! Zulu Popular Praises Elizabeth Gunner, an authority on Zulu literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Mafika Gwala, a South African teacher and poet, have translated, transcribed, and annotated a wide variety of Zulu izibongo poetry. In so doing, they have revealed the incredible breadth of this traditional genre, which is usually equated with nineteenth-century epic traditions that celebrate the deeds of Shaka and the successor kings of his Zulu monarchy. Musho!, with its extensive historical introduction, and literary commentary on Zulu poetry, is a major contribution to the field.
A Poet's Glossary
Author: Edward Hirsch
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 683
ISBN-13: 0547737467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major addition to the literature of poetry, Edward Hirsch’s sparkling new work is a compilation of forms, devices, groups, movements, isms, aesthetics, rhetorical terms, and folklore—a book that all readers, writers, teachers, and students of poetry will return to over and over. Hirsch has delved deeply into the poetic traditions of the world, returning with an inclusive, international compendium. Moving gracefully from the bards of ancient Greece to the revolutionaries of Latin America, from small formal elements to large mysteries, he provides thoughtful definitions for the most important poetic vocabulary, imbuing his work with a lifetime of scholarship and the warmth of a man devoted to his art. Knowing how a poem works is essential to unlocking its meaning. Hirsch’s entries will deepen readers’ relationships with their favorite poems and open greater levels of understanding in each new poem they encounter. Shot through with the enthusiasm, authority, and sheer delight that made How to Read a Poem so beloved, A Poet’s Glossary is a new classic.
Oral Literature in Africa
Author: Ruth Finnegan
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2012-09
Total Pages: 614
ISBN-13: 1906924708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRuth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Xhosa Oral Poetry
Author: Jeff Opland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1983-12-30
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521241137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of the Xhosa oral poetry tradition.
The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815–1828
Author: Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-10-30
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1107075327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis scholarly account traces the emergence of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa in the early nineteenth century, under the rule of the ambitious and iconic King Shaka. In contrast to recent literary analyses of myths of Shaka, this book uses the richness of Zulu oral traditions and a comprehensive body of written sources to provide a compelling narrative and analysis of the events and people of the era of Shaka's rule. The oral traditions portray Shaka as rewarding courage and loyalty and punishing failure; as ordering the targeted killing of his own subjects, both warriors and civilians, to ensure compliance to his rule; and as arrogant and shrewd, but kind to the poor and mentally disabled. The rich and diverse oral traditions, transmitted from generation to generation, reveal the important roles and fates of men and women, royal and subject, from the perspectives of those who experienced Shaka's rule and the dramatic emergence of the Zulu Kingdom.
Songs of Innocence and Experience
Author: Elizabeth Gunner
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13:
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