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The Path of the ocean : traditional poetry of Polynesia by collected and edited by Marjorie Sinclair is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Path of the ocean : traditional poetry of Polynesia about?

The Path of the Ocean is the first anthology of representative Polynesian poetry to be offered as a book of poetry rather than as a ethnological or historical document. Guided primarily by literary taste, Marjorie Sinclair has gathered poems from many sources and from translations with many kinds of expertise. She has scrupulously edited the old translations, modernized where necessary, and in some cases has translated or adapted the poetry.The arrangement of the anthology is rough geographic. It begins with Hawaii and travels southward, sometimes to the east and sometimes to the west until finally New Zealand is reached. As the title suggests, a journey that conveys scope, complexity, and deep humanity of the poetic spirit of the Polynesians.

Who reads The Path of the ocean : traditional poetry of Polynesia?

Author

collected and edited by Marjorie Sinclair

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press, c1982.

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824883881

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Poetry, Short Stories, Folklore