| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The African Names of Love; Anonymously Written Ancient Egyptian Love Poems; Traditional Love Songs; Modern and Contemporary Love Poems; Credits; Contributors; Back Cover |
| Summary |
From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been overshadowed by political poetry. Frank Chipasula has assembled a historically and geographically comprehensive wealth of African love poetry that spans more than three thousand years. By collecting a continent's celebrations and explorations of the nature of love |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Love poetry, African (English)
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Love poetry, African -- Translations into English
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Love poetry, African
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Love poetry, African (English)
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| Genre/Form |
Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chipasula, Frank Mkalawile.
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| LC no. |
2008052583 |
| ISBN |
9781441623447 |
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1441623442 |
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9780809386383 |
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0809386380 |
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9780809386383 |
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1282138839 |
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9781282138834 |
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9786613808134 |
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661380813X |
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