Early Tahitian Poetics

by David Meyer

Tahiti has a rich history of oral tradition. Early visitors to the island transcribed recitations of myth, battle address, and land description. Until now their poetic organization has remained unexplored. From a computationally assisted analysis, this book describes early use of meter and parallelism and speculates on manner of composition. It sheds light on a poetic style unanticipated for Polynesia and remarkable among world poetries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614515255
• ISBN13: 9781614515258
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 461 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"