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Songs of the Tewa
- Title
- Songs of the Tewa, translated by Herbert Joseph Spinden; preceded by an essay on American Indian poetry, with a selection of outstanding compositions from North and South America; an appendix contains original Tewa texts and explanatory notes.
- Author
- Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967
- Publication
- New York, Pub. under the auspices of the Exposition of Indian tribal arts, inc., c1933.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | E98.P74 S6 1933 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc.
- Description
- 125 p.; 28 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- poetry.
- Poetry
- Poetry.
- Poésie.
- Note
- "Notes on introductory essay": p. 109-112.
- Contents
- An essay on American Indian poetry: Indian and his cosmos -- Place of Indian poetry in the arts -- Reincarnation lullabies -- Guardian spirit songs -- Songs as the instruments of magic -- Trial by poetry -- Love songs -- Death and its mystery -- Vocational songs -- Songs of sequence -- Revivalist verses of the ghost dance religion -- Historical poems approach the epic -- Style in old American literature -- On translating Indian poetry -- Tewa poetry as a typical exhibit -- Songs of the Tewa: Home songs -- Sacred chants and ceremonial songs -- Magic songs and prayers.
- LCCN
- 33039305
- OCLC
- ocm02274707
- 2274707
- SCSB-249952
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library