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"A generous-hearted, brave, and category-defining study."

* Hawaii Herald *

"[Sumida’s book] is groundbreaking. . . . [It] should interest anyone concerned about the survival of native and local traditions in the face of overwhelming odds."

* International Examiner *

Table of Contents

Preface
About Spelling and Capitalization

Myths at First Sight
Paradise of the Pacific? | Nineteenth-Century Prototypes in American Literature
Hawaii’s Pastoral | From Mele Hula to the Childhood Idyll
Hawaii’s Complex Idyll | All I Asking for Is My Body and Waimea Summer
Hawaii’s Heroic Literature | ”Our People, Our History”
Hawaii’s Local Literary Tradition | “To Speak of Things So Real”

Notes
Bibliography
Index

And the View from the Shore

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      Publisher: MV - University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780295992907, 978-0295992907
      ISBN10: 0295992905
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "A generous-hearted, brave, and category-defining study."

      * Hawaii Herald *

      "[Sumida’s book] is groundbreaking. . . . [It] should interest anyone concerned about the survival of native and local traditions in the face of overwhelming odds."

      * International Examiner *

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      About Spelling and Capitalization

      Myths at First Sight
      Paradise of the Pacific? | Nineteenth-Century Prototypes in American Literature
      Hawaii’s Pastoral | From Mele Hula to the Childhood Idyll
      Hawaii’s Complex Idyll | All I Asking for Is My Body and Waimea Summer
      Hawaii’s Heroic Literature | ”Our People, Our History”
      Hawaii’s Local Literary Tradition | “To Speak of Things So Real”

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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