Book
Tales and poems of Tonga
The Museum • Honolulu, Hawaii • Published In 1928 • Pages: 169
By: Collocott, E. E. V. (Ernest Edgar Vyvyan).
Abstract
This source, by a missionary and educator among the Tongans, is a collection of stories, poems, and songs. Collocott's aim was '… to allow the Tongan to interpret himself through the mouths of his story-tellers and bards' (p. 3). Some of the subjects covered in the collection are stories about places, relations with Polutu, and various culture-heroes; poetry which reflects rivalry between poets, about death, about marriage, about wars, and about places; and various songs. Collocott's research method involved the use and collection of texts combined with interviewing for interpretations of the texts. Lengthy notes containing interpretive information are located apart from the body of the text on pages 129-167.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2006
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Missionary
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin; 1977-1978
- Field Date
- none
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Tonga
- Notes
- by E. E. V. Collocott
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169)
- Notes have been indexed for the same categories as the text plus additional categories where relevant.
- LCCN
- 28031151
- LCSH
- Tongans