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- catalog abstract "A landmark volume that revolutionized our understanding of the power and significance of Native stories and storytellers in North America, "In vain I tried to tell you" showcases the methodology and theory of ethnopoetics. Focusing on the rich Native storytelling traditions of the Pacific Northwest, Hymes investigates what particular stylistic and linguistic devices and patterns in oral tales reveal about rhythm and order in the cultures creating them. A breathtaking series of analyses of particular myths and their relationship to performance forms the centerpiece of this volume. The concluding essays explore Native perspectives and approaches to stories, highlighting the reasons behind the storytellers' choices of characters, genres, and titles.".
- catalog contributor b1544136.
- catalog created "1981.".
- catalog date "1981".
- catalog date "1981.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1981.".
- catalog description "A landmark volume that revolutionized our understanding of the power and significance of Native stories and storytellers in North America, "In vain I tried to tell you" showcases the methodology and theory of ethnopoetics. Focusing on the rich Native storytelling traditions of the Pacific Northwest, Hymes investigates what particular stylistic and linguistic devices and patterns in oral tales reveal about rhythm and order in the cultures creating them. A breathtaking series of analyses of particular myths and their relationship to performance forms the centerpiece of this volume. The concluding essays explore Native perspectives and approaches to stories, highlighting the reasons behind the storytellers' choices of characters, genres, and titles.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 386-398.".
- catalog description "Unsuspected devices and designs -- Breakthrough to performance -- Titles, names, and natures.".
- catalog extent "402 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat ""In vain I tried to tell you".".
- catalog identifier "0812211170 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0812278062".
- catalog isFormatOf ""In vain I tried to tell you".".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in Native American literature ; 1".
- catalog isPartOf "University of Pennsylvania publications in conduct and communication".
- catalog issued "1981".
- catalog issued "1981.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation ""In vain I tried to tell you".".
- catalog spatial "Northwest, Pacific".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific Poetry History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PM483.5 .H9 1981".
- catalog tableOfContents "Unsuspected devices and designs -- Breakthrough to performance -- Titles, names, and natures.".
- catalog title ""In vain I tried to tell you" : essays in Native American ethnopoetics / Dell Hymes.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "Poetry. fast".
- catalog type "text".