Download or read book A Bard s Mirror to the Society written by Vikramaditya Yadav and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pages of this book, as you shall soon find out, teleport you to another realm…a realm away from all the hustle of your life—a realm that is what you think of it. A collection of emotional poetry, historic ballads and enthralling short stories cast in the language of old but impregnated with new ideas, this book is a perfect getaway for the exhausted and a spark for the smoldering, drowsing minds. It helps you see the world through the eyes of a dreamer, a thinker, a poet. Each poem and each story caters to a different emotion, banishes a different sorrow, soothes a different anger and heals a different wound. Gear up to dive into a sea of moving, powerful, inspiring, soothing and enraging poetry.
Download or read book The Epic of Son Jara written by Fa-Digi Sisòkò and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1992-08-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . a major addition to the literature on oral traditions." —Journal of Religion in Africa This 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes a virtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects of Mande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introduction that provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the recitation of this African epic.
Download or read book The Role of the Poet in Early Societies written by Morton W. Bloomfield and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1992 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study draws on a wide range of texts — early Irish, pre-modern Scottish Gaelic, early Welsh, Early Norse, Old English —to illustrate the role of the poet as a tool of power, as seer, and as ceremonial figure.
Download or read book The Brimming Bards written by Editors and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brimming Bards,the maiden literary venture of Anglo-Odia International Poetic Group headed by honourable poet Mr Prafulla Kumar Sahu, is a florilegium of poems by both the young and the veteran poets of the world with lucid, sweet and evocative encapsulations embellished with rich figurative language yet alluring for its comparatively simple diction as a whole.The themes of the poems decorated in the gallery of this poetic art deal with various human emotions and the world within and without with superb poetic elegance to entice its readers for a true pleasure of reading.
Download or read book Son Jara written by Fa-Digi Sisòkò and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic of Son-Jara (also known as Sunjata or Sundiata) celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali and is still widely recited among Mandekan-speaking peoples of West Africa today. As performed by griots, or professional bards, it embodies deeply rooted aspects of Mande cosmology and worldview. This edition of the epic presents the full, linear Mandekan text side by side with John William Johnson's important English translation. Fully annotated and explained, the text provides historical and contextual frameworks for understanding this African epic. A complete recitation of the epic by Jeli fa-Digi Sisòkò recorded in the town of Kita, Mali, is sold separately. This powerful text and inspiring performance show why the epic of Son-Jara has taken its place among the world's greatest epics.
Download or read book The Poetical Works of Robert Burns the Ayrshire Bard Including All the Pieces Originally Published by Dr Currie with Various Additions With Plates Including a Portrait written by Robert Burns and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sar Obair nam Bard Gaelach or the Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and Lives of the Highland Bards with historical and critical notes and a comprehensive glossary of provincial words With an historical Introduction containing an account of the manners habits etc of the ancient Caledonians by J Logan written by John MACKENZIE (of Glasgow.) and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards written by Joseph Cooper Walker and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction written by and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.
Download or read book John Clare Society Journal 22 2003 written by Gillian Hughes and published by John Clare Society. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official Journal of the John Clare Society, published annually to reflect the interest in, and approaches to, the life and work of the poet John Clare.
Download or read book The Epic of Askia Mohammed written by Thomas Albert Hale and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-22 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Askia Mohammed is the most famous leader in the history of the Songhay Empire, which reached its apogee during his reign in 1493-1528. Songhay, approximately halfway between the present-day cities of Timbuktu in Mali and Niamey in Niger, became a political force beginning in 1463, under the leadership of Sonni Ali Ber. By the time of his death in 1492, the foundation had been laid for the development under Askia Mohammed of a complex system of administration, a well-equipped army and navy, and a network of large government-owned farms. The present rendition of the epic was narrated by the griot (or jeseré) Nouhou Malio over two evenings in Saga, a small town on the Niger River, two miles downstream from Niamey. The text is a word-for-word translation from Nouhou Malio's oral performance.
Download or read book Masquerades in African Society written by Walter E. A. Van Beek and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics. What is the meaning of masks and masquerades in African traditions and how can we understand their role in rituals and performances? Why do we find masks in some African regions and not in others, and what does this 'mask habitat' say about the general dynamics of masquerades in Africa? Though masks are among the most famous art icons of Africa, exploration of their uses and the way in which they articulate social characteristics of African societies has been underexamined. This book takes an anthropological perspective on the phenomenon of masquerades on the African continent to show how mask rituals are an integral part of African indigenous religions and societies, and are informed by and linked to specific types of social and ecological conditions. Having established the commonalities of mask rituals and a mask typology, the authors look at the varieties of mask performances and the types of rituals in which masks function in rites of passage and in rituals of gender, power, and identity. The following chapters focus on different types of rituals featuring masks, from initiation and death ceremonies to secrecy, kingship, law and war. With its broad examination of the use of masks on the continent, from Angola to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DRC, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, this well illustrated book will stand as an authoritative study of the use of masks, of interest not only to those in African Studies but to anthropologists and ethnographers worldwide.
Download or read book The Lore of the Bard written by Arthur Rowan and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2003 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book available on the complete practice of the Celtic bard, this title is designed for anyone drawn to the enchantment of Celtic music, myth, and poetry.
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Download or read book Zoroastrians written by Mary Boyce and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoroastrianism is of enormous importance in the history of religions. It became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and influenced other world faiths: northern Buddhism and Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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