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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
wn of these culture epics, the Walam Olum already mentioned as the earliest American book, and the Zuñi Creation Myth as it has been made known to us through the labours of Frank Cushing. The record of the Red Score was obtained by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque while he was holding the chair of Historical and Natural Science in the Transylvania University of Kentucky, and a translation was printed by him in 1836. The original copy was a collection of the before-mentioned bark or board plates, incised and painted with the picture writings of the Lenni Lenape. The words, found somewhat later by Professor Rafinesque, have been pronounced by Daniel Brinton to be a genuine oral tradition written down by one not very familiar with the language. The text consisted of a series of ideographic writings, each one representing a verse, obviously metrical, with syllabic and accentual rhythm, and occasional alliteration. That the syllabic arrangement is not accidental, but studied, is show
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
, 314 Putnam's monthly and the critic 314 Putnam's monthly magazine, 313-14 Quaker widow, the, 43 Quality of mercy, the, 84 Quarles, 59 Queen's College, 392 Queen's County in olden times, 179 Questionable Shapes, 84 Questions of the day, 436 Quimby, P. P., 523, 525, 527 Quincy, Josiah, 519 Quintilian, 471 Qui perd gagne, 592 R. T., 427 Rabbi Ben Ezra, 111 Radcliffe, Mrs., 541 Radical empiricism, 249 Radical reformer, the, 437 Rae, John, 434 Rafinesque, C. S., 619 Rafn, C. C., 473 Rag baby, a, 279 Raguet, Condy, 438 Railroad corral, the, 514 Railroads, their origin and problems, 198 Railroad transportation, 442 Railway Tariffs, 443 Ralph, Julian, 165 Ralstons, the, 88 Ramona, 86, 89 Ramsay, David, 179 Randall, J. R., 497 Randolph, John, 453 Randolph, Innes, 515 Randolph Macon College, 339, 465 n., 479 Ratgeber, 579 Rational psychology, 228 Rattermann, H. A., 581, 587 Rattlesnake—a ranch-haying song, 514