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Xhosa oral poetry : aspects of a Black South African tradition
- Title
- Xhosa oral poetry : aspects of a Black South African tradition / Jeff Opland.
- Author
- Opland, Jeff, 1943-
- Publication
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PL8795.5 .O64 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture ; 7
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture ; 7.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 272-291.
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Documentary perspectives; 2. A complex tradition; 3. The imbongi; 4. Four imbongi; 5. Eulogy and ritual; 6. Oral poetics and oral noetics; 7. Poetry in print; 8. Change in the tradition; References; Indexes.
- ISBN
- 0521241138
- 9780521241137
- 9780521104784
- 0521104785
- 0869752545
- 9780869752548
- LCCN
- 82022058
- OCLC
- ocm08975634
- 8975634
- SCSB-600376
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library