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Description for Dine Bahane
Paperback. Num Pages: 431 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSB; HRKT; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since the publication of Washington Matthew's 'Navaho Legends' in 1897. Paul G Zolbrod's new translation attempts to render the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page. His use of a poetic English idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition gives us a translation that retains the social and religious significance of the original stories. He has worked with archival materials including transcriptions of early twentieth century Navajo performances and has talked with Navajo elders who helped him to salvage portions of ... Read more
This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since the publication of Washington Matthew's 'Navaho Legends' in 1897. Paul G Zolbrod's new translation attempts to render the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page. His use of a poetic English idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition gives us a translation that retains the social and religious significance of the original stories. He has worked with archival materials including transcriptions of early twentieth century Navajo performances and has talked with Navajo elders who helped him to salvage portions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
Number of Pages
431
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826310439
SKU
V9780826310439
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About Paul G. Zolbrod
Paul G Zolbrod
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