In Vain I Tried to Tell You: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics by Hymes, Dell - 1981

University of Pennsylvania Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981-10-01. Paperback. Good. 0.6000 in x 9.1000 in x 6.0000 in.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981-10-01. Paperback. Good.

Philadelphia: U. Of Pennsylvania, 1992. 402pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; light pencil mark fore-edge. Biblio. & index.. Pb. VG.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981-10-01. First Edition, Second printing. Paperback. Like New. Text is free from any markings. The illustrated wrapper is clean with sharp corners.

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Univ of Penn Press. Fine. 1992. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. Paperback. No defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . The poetics of Native American oral traditions. . Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 402 pages. F2 .

University of Pennsylvania Press. New. 1992. Second Printing. Softcover. 0812211170 . This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This book is . . . devoted to the first literature of North America, that of the American Indians, or Native Americans. The texts are from the North Pacific Coast, because that is where I am from, and those are the materials I know best. The purpose is general: All traditional American Indian verbal art requires attention of this kind if we are to comprehend what it is and says. There is linguistics in this book, and that will put some people off. ''Too technical," they will say. Perhaps such people would be amused to know that many linguists will not regard the work as linguistics. "Not theoretical,"… Read More