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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Nebraska Pr
Publication date
October 1, 2003
Pages
512
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780803224070
ISBN-10
0803224079
Dimensions
1.25 by 7 by 10 in.
Weight
2.35 lbs.
Availability§
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Original list price
$65.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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In Now I Know Only So Far, sociolinguist and ethnopoetic scholar Dell Hymes examines the power and significance of Native North American literatures and how they can best be approached and appreciated. Such narratives, Hymes argues, are ways of making sense of the world. To truly comprehend the importance and durability of these narratives, one must investigate the ways of thinking expressed in these textsâthe cultural sensibilities also deeply affected by storytellersâ particular experiences and mastery of form.
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Included here are seminal overviews and reflections on the history and potential of the field of ethnopoetics. Native North American stories from areas ranging from the Northwest Coast to the Southwest take center stage in this book, which features careful scrutiny of different realizations and tellings of the same story or related stories. Such narratives are illuminated through a series of verse analyses in which patterned relations of lines throw into relief differences in emphasis, shape, and interpretation. A final group of essays sheds light on the often misunderstood and always controversial role of editing and interpreting texts. Now I Know Only So Far provides penetrating discussions and absorbing insights into stories and worlds, both traditional and new.
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from Univ of Nebraska Pr (October 1, 2003)
9780803224070 | details & prices | 512 pages | 7.00 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 2.35 lbs | List price $65.00
About: In Now I Know Only So Far, sociolinguist and ethnopoetic scholar Dell Hymes examines the power and significance of Native North American literatures and how they can best be approached and appreciated.
About: In Now I Know Only So Far, sociolinguist and ethnopoetic scholar Dell Hymes examines the power and significance of Native North American literatures and how they can best be approached and appreciated.
Paperback
from Univ of Nebraska Pr (July 1, 2003)
9780803273351 | details & prices | 512 pages | 7.00 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 2.05 lbs | List price $35.00
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