A Story as Sharp as a Knife The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
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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.A Story as Sharp as a Knifebrings 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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780803261792 |
Publisher: | UNP - Nebraska Paperback |
Imprint: | Bison Books |
Pub date: | 01 Nov 2000 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 527 |
Weight: | 785g |
Height: | 227mm |
Width: | 151mm |
Spine width: | 40mm |