02436nam 2200553 450 991078675770332120230803035319.01-4438-6594-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 literatureEnglish poetryHistory and criticism.Shamanism in literature.821.91209Mortuza Shamsad1491869MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786757703321The figure of the shaman in contemporary British poetry3713957UNINA