02469nam 2200565 450 991046529970332120200520144314.01-4438-6594-X(CKB)3710000000218173(EBL)1765536(SSID)ssj0001288837(PQKBManifestationID)12443559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288837(PQKBWorkID)11295460(PQKB)11258320(MiAaPQ)EBC1765536(Au-PeEL)EBL1765536(CaPaEBR)ebr10909488(CaONFJC)MIL638280(OCoLC)887508430(EXLCZ)99371000000021817320140829h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe figure of the shaman in contemporary British poetry /by Shamsad MortuzaNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2013.©20131 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-4208-7 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - AN UNASHAMED SHAMAN''S JOURNEY ; CHAPTER TWO - SHAMANS, BARDS AND PROPHETS; CHAPTER THREE - THE TECHNICIANS OF THE SACRED; CHAPTER FOUR - THE TECHNICIANS OF THE BODY; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHYThis genealogical study focuses on the work of five contemporary British poets in order to locate them in a counter cultural tradition that is informed by strategic responses to 'state terrorism.' It identifies some historical moments of ruptures, such as the persecution of the Celtic druids by the Romans, the killing of the Welsh bards by Edward I, the appropriation of bardic materials by Romantic poets writing in a post-French Revolution era, and the beatnik response to a post-World War bip...English poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismShamanism in literatureElectronic books.English poetryHistory and criticism.Shamanism in literature.821.91209Mortuza Shamsad953242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465299703321The figure of the shaman in contemporary British poetry2154976UNINA