The life and struggles of our mother Walatta Petros a seventeenth-century African biography of an Ethiopian woman / translated and edited by Wendy Laura Belcher and Michael Kleiner ; written by Gälawdewos.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xxxiv, 500 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Belcher, Wendy Laura. |
| Other author/creator | Kleiner, Michael, 1962- |
| Other author/creator | Gälawdewos. |
| Other author/creator | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Uniform title | Gadla ʼEmna Walata Péṭros. English |
| Contents | Introduction to the text / Wendy Laura Belcher -- Manuscripts of the text and earlier translations / Wendy Laura Belcher -- Introduction to the translation of the text / Michael Kleiner -- The Ethiopian script and its translation / Michael Kleiner -- The translation of the Gädlä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- The translation of the Tä'amerä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Summaries of additional Tä'amerä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Summary of the history of Walatta Petros's community (in MSS J and I only) -- The translation of the Mälke'a Wälättä P̣eṭros -- The translation of the Sälamta Wälättä P̣eṭros. |
| General note | A "gädl" or hagiography, originally written by Gälawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-485) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | English, translated from Ethiopic (Geez). |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014038410 |
| ISBN | 9780691164212 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |