A Story as Sharp as a Knife The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World |
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Author:
| Bringhurst, Robert |
Series title: | Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers |
ISBN: | 978-0-8032-1314-2 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2000 |
Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers, poets, and historians. Robert Bringhurst worked for many years with these manuscripts, and here he brings them to life in the English language....
More DescriptionThe Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers, poets, and historians. Robert Bringhurst worked for many years with these manuscripts, and here he brings them to life in the English language. A Story as Sharp as a Knife brings a lifetime of passion and a broad array of skills—humanistic, scientific, and poetic—to focus on a rich and powerful tradition that the world has long ignored.