Author : Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Release : 2024-02-04
Genre : Social Science
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Unwritten Literature of Hawaii - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unwritten Literature of Hawaii write by Nathaniel Bright Emerson . This book was released on 2024-02-04. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As in many other traditional cultures, Hawaiian art, dance, music and poetry were highly integrated into every aspect of life, to a degree far beyond that of industrial society. The poetry at the core of the Hula is extremely sophisticated. Typically a Hula song has several dimensions: mythological aspects, cultural implications, an ecological setting, and in many cases, (although Emerson is reluctant to acknowledge this) frank erotic imagery. The extensive footnotes and background information allow us an unprecedented look into these deeper layers. While Emerson's translations are not great poetry, they do serve as a literal English guide to the amazing Hawaiian lyrics.