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Captain Cook in the underworld /
The book is a highly stylised, 'operatic' account of voyages, with similarities to the musical structure of Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner', and opera. As the poem unfolds, European myth (Orpheus, Venus, etc) has to make space for Polynesian myth (Maui, Reinga, etc). In...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Auckland, N.Z. :
Auckland University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The book is a highly stylised, 'operatic' account of voyages, with similarities to the musical structure of Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner', and opera. As the poem unfolds, European myth (Orpheus, Venus, etc) has to make space for Polynesian myth (Maui, Reinga, etc). In the final pages, Cook is required after his death to face up to the damage his expeditions have inflicted on the indigenous peoples of the Pacific. |
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| Notas: | Originally a libretto commissioned by the Orpheus Choir of Wellington to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary--Intro. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (50 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (page 52). |
| ISBN: | 0585453357 9780585453354 1306476283 9781306476287 9781775580348 1775580342 9781775585206 1775585204 |