Sunjata: A New Prose Version

A New Prose Version

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2016
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62466-495-3 (ISBN)

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David Conrad's new prose translation of the Sunjata epic highlights the narrative aspect of the epicwhile conveying the essential performative quality of his 2004 verse translation. A revised Introduction, a glossary of Maninka terms, a guide to major characters, and maps provide further assistance tofirst-time readers of the epic.

"After existing orally for hundreds of years, Sunjata was written down in the 20th century. David Conrad, who recorded a new version of the epic, has now crafted a prose translation that preserves the oral flavor of live performance. The result is a captivating work of literature that will finally give the story of Sunjata its well-deserved place among the great epics of world literature."
—Martin Puchner, Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature, Harvard University

David C. Conrad is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Oswego, and President of the Mande Studies Association.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.08.2017
Übersetzer	David Conrad
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Cambridge, MA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-62466-495-4 / 1624664954
ISBN-13	978-1-62466-495-3 / 9781624664953
Zustand	Neuware