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A Kumulipo of Hawai'i
Contributor(s): Charlot, John (Author)

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 ISBN: 3896656457     ISBN-13: 9783896656452
Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
OUR PRICE: $48.30  

Binding Type: Paperback
Language: German
Published: December 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian
LCCN: 2015398085
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" L (0.83 lbs) 173 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Oceania
Features: Bibliography
 
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Publisher Description:
He Kumulipo is the sole surviving major cosmogonic chant from Hawai'i.The earliest datable Hawaiian poem, it provides a basis for the history of Hawaiian language and literature. Its vision of the universe as a family tree is an inspiration to all who seek a new mental and emotional relationship between ourselves and our threatened environment. Since its discovery in the nineteenth century, He Kumulipo has posed problems of interpretation. John Charlot applies the principles of form and redaction criticism used in classical and biblical commentaries. He separates two levels: the originally independent memorized materials and the redactional framework into which the composer has inserted them. Charlot then concentrates on the personal view of the composer in the context of Polynesian literature as a whole and of classical Hawaiian culture and education with its verbal organization of knowledge. The chanter - basing himself on worldwide traditions and naturalscientific observation - describes the development of the universe from the elements through plants and animals to human beings. Each human being progresses through similar stages as does humankind itself. The extended family is the whole universe, which is our home. He Kumulipo celebrates its power and beauty in poetry that unites intellect and emotion.
 
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