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Title:

Technicians of the sacred : a range of poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania / edited with commentaries by Jerome Rothenberg.

Edition:

Third edition, revised and expanded.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxxix, 643 pages : illustration; 23 cm

Subject:

Religious poetry.
Incantations--Poetry.
Rites and ceremonies--Poetry.
Folk poetry.
Folk songs--Texts.
Folk poetry.
Folk songs.
Incantations.
Religious poetry.
Rites and ceremonies.
Poetry.
Texts.

Other Authors:

Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- writer of added commentary. writer of added commentary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The texts -- Origins & namings -- Visions & spels -- Death & defeat -- The book of events (I) -- The book of events (II) -- Africa -- America -- Asia -- Europe & the Ancient Near East -- Oceania -- Survivals & revivals -- The statements -- The commentaries.

Summary:

"A wide-ranging anthology of ethnopoetry including origin texts, visionary texts, texts about death, texts about events--collected from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Ancient Near East, and Oceania."--Provided by publiher.

ISBN:

0520290720
9780520290723
0520290712
9780520290716

OCLC:

(OCoLC)973481571

LCCN:

2017007007

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)