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Bending the bow : an anthology of African love poetry /
From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been ov...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Multiple |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©2009.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been overshadowed by political poetry. Frank Chipasula has assembled a historically and geographically comprehensive wealth of African love poetry that spans more than three thousand years. By collecting a continent's celebrations and explorations of the nature of love. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781441623447 1441623442 9780809386383 0809386380 1282138839 9781282138834 9786613808134 661380813X |