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Edité par Echo Library, 2006
ISBN 10 : 1406804940ISBN 13 : 9781406804942
Vendeur : The Book Bin, Salem, OR, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Binding firm, cover shiny, interior clean and unmarked. 360pp. Index. Originally published as an article in the 33rd Annual Report, Bureau American Ethnology, 1911-1912. Hawaiian and English texts. The Laieikawai recounts the wooing of a native chiefess of high rank and her final deification. Beckwith's introduction contains material about Haleole, who originally put the tale into writing, the theological and social background of the story, and a discussion of the characteristics of Polynesian literature.