That the People Might Live

by Arnold Krupat

The word "elegy" comes from the Ancient Greek elogos, meaning a mournful poem or song, in particular, a song of grief in response to loss. Because mourning and memorialization are so deeply embedded in the human condition, all human societies have developed means for lamenting the dead, and, in "That the People Might Live" Arnold Krupat surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451388
• ISBN13: 9780801451386
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher