Read Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages

Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages

Chris McCabe

4.9/5 (27644 ratings)

Description:The Beautiful New Treasury of Poetry in Endangered Languages, in Association with the National Poetry Library.Featuring award-winning poets from cultures as diverse as the Ainu people of Japan to the Zoque of Mexico, with languages that range from the indigenous Ahtna of Alaska to the Shetlandic dialect of Scots, this evocative collection gathers together 50 of the finest poems in endangered, or vulnerable, languages from across the continents.With poems by influential, award-winning poets such as US poet laureate Joy Harjo, Hawad, Valzhyna Mort, and Jackie Kay, this collection offers a unique insight into both languages and poetry, taking the reader on an emotional, life-affirming journey into the cultures of these beautiful languages, celebrating our linguistic diversity and highlighting our commonalities and the fundamental role verbal art plays in human life.Each poem appears in its original form, alongside an English translation, and is accompanied by a commentary about the language, the poet and the poem - in a vibrant celebration of life, diversity, language, and the enduring power of poetry.One language is falling silent every two weeks. Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will be lost by the end of this century. With the loss of these languages, we also lose the unique poetic traditions of their speakers and writers.This timely anthology is passionately edited by widely published poet and UK National Poetry Librarian, Chris McCabe, who is also the founder of the Endangered Poetry Project, a major project launched by London's Southbank Centre to collect poetry written in the world's disappearing languages, and introduced by Dr Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Director of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme and the Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS University of London, and Dr Martin Orwin, Senior Lecturer in Somali and Amharic, SOAS University of London.Languages included in the book: Assyrian; Belarusian; Chimiini; Irish Gaelic; Maori; Navajo; Patua; Rotuman; Saami; Scottish Gaelic; Welsh; Yiddish; ZoquePoets included in the book: Joy Harjo; Hawad; Jackie Kay; Aurélia Lassaque; Nineb Lamassu; Gearóid Mac Lochlainn; Valzhyna Mort; Laura Tohe; Taniel Varoujan; Avrom SutzkeverWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages. To get started finding Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 336

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1473692997

Description: The Beautiful New Treasury of Poetry in Endangered Languages, in Association with the National Poetry Library.Featuring award-winning poets from cultures as diverse as the Ainu people of Japan to the Zoque of Mexico, with languages that range from the indigenous Ahtna of Alaska to the Shetlandic dialect of Scots, this evocative collection gathers together 50 of the finest poems in endangered, or vulnerable, languages from across the continents.With poems by influential, award-winning poets such as US poet laureate Joy Harjo, Hawad, Valzhyna Mort, and Jackie Kay, this collection offers a unique insight into both languages and poetry, taking the reader on an emotional, life-affirming journey into the cultures of these beautiful languages, celebrating our linguistic diversity and highlighting our commonalities and the fundamental role verbal art plays in human life.Each poem appears in its original form, alongside an English translation, and is accompanied by a commentary about the language, the poet and the poem - in a vibrant celebration of life, diversity, language, and the enduring power of poetry.One language is falling silent every two weeks. Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will be lost by the end of this century. With the loss of these languages, we also lose the unique poetic traditions of their speakers and writers.This timely anthology is passionately edited by widely published poet and UK National Poetry Librarian, Chris McCabe, who is also the founder of the Endangered Poetry Project, a major project launched by London's Southbank Centre to collect poetry written in the world's disappearing languages, and introduced by Dr Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Director of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme and the Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS University of London, and Dr Martin Orwin, Senior Lecturer in Somali and Amharic, SOAS University of London.Languages included in the book: Assyrian; Belarusian; Chimiini; Irish Gaelic; Maori; Navajo; Patua; Rotuman; Saami; Scottish Gaelic; Welsh; Yiddish; ZoquePoets included in the book: Joy Harjo; Hawad; Jackie Kay; Aurélia Lassaque; Nineb Lamassu; Gearóid Mac Lochlainn; Valzhyna Mort; Laura Tohe; Taniel Varoujan; Avrom SutzkeverWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages. To get started finding Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages

Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages

More Books

Dedalus

Dedalus

Mud

Mud

In the Catacombs: A Summer Among the Dead Poets of West Norwood Cemetery

In the Catacombs: A Summer Among the Dead Poets of West Norwood Cemetery

[(In the Catacombs: A Summer Among the Dead Poets of West Norwood Cemetery)] [Author: Chris McCabe] published on (June, 2014)

[(In the Catacombs: A Summer Among the Dead Poets of West Norwood Cemetery)] [Author: Chris McCabe] published on (June, 2014)

Whitehall Jackals

Whitehall Jackals

[In the Catacombs: A Summer Among the Dead Poets of West Norwood Cemetery] [By: McCabe, Chris] [July, 2014]

[In the Catacombs: A Summer Among the Dead Poets of West Norwood Cemetery] [By: McCabe, Chris] [July, 2014]

Speculatrix by Chris McCabe (2014-12-05)

Speculatrix by Chris McCabe (2014-12-05)

Pharmapoetica: a Dispensary of Poetry by Chris McCabe (2013-09-12)

Pharmapoetica: a Dispensary of Poetry by Chris McCabe (2013-09-12)

[In the Catacombs] [Author: Chris McCabe] [June, 2014]

[In the Catacombs] [Author: Chris McCabe] [June, 2014]