In Vain I Tried to Tell You Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics |
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| Hymes, Dell |
| Series title: | Anniversary Collection |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-7806-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1981 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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"The most important work in recent decades on the poetics of Native American oral traditions. . . . Hymes restores voice to oral texts that have been little more than museum pieces."--World Literature
"The most important work in recent decades on the poetics of Native American oral traditions. . . . Hymes restores voice to oral texts that have been little more than museum pieces."--World Literature