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Inuit Poems and Songs: Folk Poetry of Greenland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780996193825)
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x"These poems erupted in the East Greenlanders heart-the human sea at the outer limit of the north-on Earth's most desolate and rugged shores. They were found in the living tradition of a small, recently discovered Eskimo people that I (Thalbitzer) had gone to study. For the first time I heard their language as it sounded on people's lips, as it must have sounded through many generations. I understood that this was part of the Inuit people's ancient poetry, and these songs and poems deserved to be written down for greater humanity." --from the introduction
Author: Willaim Thalbitzer
ISBN-10: 0996193820
ISBN-13: 9780996193825
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2016
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.50h x 4.40w x 0.30d
Author: Willaim Thalbitzer
ISBN-10: 0996193820
ISBN-13: 9780996193825
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2016
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.50h x 4.40w x 0.30d
By Willaim Thalbitzer
xEquipped with the latest phonetic methods, WILLIAM THALBITZER (1873-1958) left Denmark in 1900 to spend a year in West Greenland. Throughout his research, Thalbitzer also worked to find other possible languages showing traces of kinship with the Inuit languages. He wanted to help the Greenlanders preserve their spiritual culture and hoped that his work would strengthen the values and consciousness of the indigenous community in light of increasing interaction with the dominant culture of the Danes.
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