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On Tongan poetry / 'I. Futa Helu ; introduction and afterword by Scott Hamilton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland : Atuanui Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 98 pages ; 15 cm + 1 videodisc (12 cm)Content type:
  • text
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • video
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0992245303
  • 9780992245306
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 899.48 23
Partial contents:
Laumatanga, pride of locality, in Tongan poetry -- Tongan poetry -- The Fakatangi -- Dance poetry -- The Me'etu'upaki -- The Ula -- A visit to the Athens of Tonga / Scott Hamilton -- An interview with Futa Helu on DVD / Paul Janman.
Summary: This book collects six of the late Futa Helus essays about Tongan poetry. These essays make a good introduction to traditional Tongan poetry and an equally fine introduction to Futa Helus intellectual methods. He guides the reader through the different periods and genres of Tongan verse, showing how closely the art has been connected with dance and music -- From Introduction.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 899.48 HEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Long Overdue (Lost) Issued 11/08/2024 A511274B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 899.48 HEL ACCOMPANYING PART ( DISC ) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A511368B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 899.48 HEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A511275B
Book City Campus South Campus Main Collection 899.48 HEL ACCOMPANYING PART ( DISC ) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A511371B

Accompanying DVD contains an interview with 'I. Fita Helu by Paul Janman.

Accompanied by: 1 videodisc (DVD)

Laumatanga, pride of locality, in Tongan poetry -- Tongan poetry -- The Fakatangi -- Dance poetry -- The Me'etu'upaki -- The Ula -- A visit to the Athens of Tonga / Scott Hamilton -- An interview with Futa Helu on DVD / Paul Janman.

This book collects six of the late Futa Helus essays about Tongan poetry. These essays make a good introduction to traditional Tongan poetry and an equally fine introduction to Futa Helus intellectual methods. He guides the reader through the different periods and genres of Tongan verse, showing how closely the art has been connected with dance and music -- From Introduction.

In English with some poems in Tongan.

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