Esperanto: Language, Literature, and Community

192 Pages·1993·24.044 MB·

by  Pierre Janton, Humphrey Tonkin, Jane Edwards, Karen Johnson-Weiner

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Esperanto

Pierre Jan ton
Esperanto
LANGUAGE,
LITERATURE,
AND COMMUNITY
Edited by HUMPHREY TONKIN
Translated by HUMPHREY TONKIN,
JANE EDWARDS, and
KAREN JOHNSON-WEINER
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
Originally published as L’ESPERANTO
© Presses Universitaires de France, 1973
Published in Esperanto as HET ESPERANTO
© Esperanto Centrum Nederland, 1987
Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
© 1993 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Janton, Pierre.
[Esperanto. English]
Esperanto: language, literature, and community / Pierre Janton;
edited by Humphrey Tonkin; translated by Humphrey Tonkin, Jane
Edwards, and Karen Johnson-Weiner.
p. cm.
Rev. translation of: L'esperanto.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-1253-9 (alk. paper).—ISBN 0-7914-1254-7 (pbk.:
alk. paper)
1. Esperanto. I. Tonkin, Humphrey. II. Title.
PM8208.J313 1993 91-42318
499'.992—dc20 CIP
109 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Editor's Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction xi
Chapter 1. Esperanto and Planned Languages 1
Chapter 2. The Origins of Esperanto 23
Chapter 3. The Language 41
Chapter 4. Expression 79
Chapter 5. The Literature 91
Chapter 6. The Esperanto Movement 113
Chapter 7. Conclusion 129
Notes 135
Bibliography 143
Index 157
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