Early tahitian poetics
Auteur :
Meyer, David
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9781614515258
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2013
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
818 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Tahiti has a rich history of oral tradition. Early visitors to the island transcribed recitations of myth, battle address, and land description. Until now their poetic organization has remained unexplored. From a computationally assisted analysis, this book describes early use of meter and parallelism and speculates on manner of composition.