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Walter F. Veit Walter F. Veit i(A5359 works by)
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1 Dada Among the Missionaries Sources of Tristan Tzara's "Poemes Negres" Dada Among the Missionaries Sources of Tristan Tzara's "Poèmes Nègres" Walter F. Veit , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: Migration and Cultural Contact : Germany and Australia 2009; (p. 45-88)

In this essay the author first outlines biographical data on Carl Strehlow, a German Lutheran missionary. Second he outlines the Dada movement in Zurich, and its High Priest, Tristan Tzara's performances of Indigenous songs from Africa, Australia and Oceania in French. Third, Veit compares four Aboriginal cultural songs collected and translated by Carl Strehlow, with Tzara's translations in French and Viet's own translation in English. Further, Veit analyses different interpretation strategies of these songs.
1 Comparative Literature and an Intercultural History of Australian Literature : A Modest Proposal Walter F. Veit , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Appreciating Difference : Writing Postcolonial Literary History 1998; (p. 91-108)
1 `In Australia, We Read it Differently...' : Interculturality and the Theory of Literary Criticism Walter F. Veit , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Striking Chords : Multicultural Literary Interpretations 1992; (p. 129-145)
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