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Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan: An Arab Folk Epic

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Availability:In StockContributor:Lena Jayyusi (Editor), Harry Norris (Introduction by)Publish date:1999-09-22Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253213426ISBN-10:253213428UPC:9780253213426Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCK8RAENJE

"A charming and agreeable surprise . . . A welcome gift to Western readers." --Kirkus Reviews

"Editor Jayyusi offers a major example of the Arabic folk epics or romances called siras . . . The siras are full of heroic adventures, exotic landscapes, love affairs, friendships, supernatural dangers, magical spells, and great Arab heroes. . . . " --Library Journal

"This text should find its place alongside the translations of other epic traditions of the world as a text well suited for use in university courses on the Middle East, world literature, epic, and folklore." --Journal of Arabic Literature

This colorful panorama recounts the fantastic tales of a sixth-century Arab king and offers unusual perspectives on gender, religion, race, and ethnicity. Composed between the 13th and 16th centuries and presented here in English for the first time.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253213426ISBN-10:253213428UPC:9780253213426Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCK8RAENJE

LENA JAYYUSI is Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Cedar Crest College. In 1994-95 she was an Annenberg Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Categorization and the Moral Order.


Publisher: Indiana University Press

Contributor(s)

Lena Jayyusi (Editor), Harry Norris (Introduction by)

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