Isbn: 9780140587227 - leaf and bone: african praise-poems (10 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. VG in glossy illustrated wrappers, as published. Trade paperback. Covers very lightly rubbed. Corners lightly bumped, creased. Bottom page edges smudged. Spine square, tight, uncreased. Interior cream-colored, clean. No marks. Very nice reading/research copy.

Condición: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condición: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Trade Paperback -- Good -- Ex-Library -- Other than title page missing, book shows only light wear -- 241 pages.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to the covers. A few pencil markings that do not interfere with the text.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Very Good. Penguin Books Ltd, 1994. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Name on flypage otherwise unmarked. VG in glossy illustrated wrappers, as published.Spine square, tight, uncreased. Praise poetry is a mode of verbal celebration that is distinctly African - not uniquely African, for throughout the ages and among all peoples, poetry has been uttered and written in tribute to singular existences. But in Africa praising is ubiquitous, a cultural institution cutting across ethnic differences, and expressing a profound humanism grounded in inter-relationships. All the poems in this book were originally "performances". Some praises are of individuals, others are more concerned with the family or clan. Plants and animals, even bicycles and trains are also addressed. Many praises are lively descriptions intended to elicit from the subject some service to the human community. By paying close attention to the way these praises present themselves as poetry on the printed page (rendering their imagery and rhythms as precisely as possible in English while retaining their African idiom), and by annotating the poems to make their cultural references intelligible, Dr Judith Gleason has brought traditional Africa into focus for the general reader, to whom the continent remains all too dark and hazy. There is African humour in action, there is the delicacy with which African poets have traditionally perceived the things of this world, there is the respect these poets feel for themselves and for others there are the hopes and despairs all people live through on whatever continent. 288 pp. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Very good condition used 1994 Updated Edition Paperback. Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London. Edited by Judith Gleason. Illustrations by Stephan Daigle ISBN: 0140587225. Approx dims: 215mm h x 140mm w x 16mm d. Intact clean condition pictorial covers with slight creasing and signs of handling. Intact spine. 241 clean, tanned pages of English text and poetry, no inscriptions. Page ends tanned. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: ''Praise poetry is a mode of verbal celebration that is distinctly African - not uniquely African, for throughout the ages and among all peoples, poetry has been uttered and written in tribute to singular existences. But in Africa praising is ubiquitous, a cultural institution cutting across ethnic differences, and expressing a profound humanism grounded in inter-relationships.''.…