The Arabian Epic : Heroic and Oral Story-telling

Name: The Arabian Epic
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521017398
Price: 8100 KES
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ISBN: 9780521017398

by M. C. Lyons

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series University of Cambridge Oriental Publications

ISBN-10 0521017394

ISBN-13 9780521017398

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 17th, 2005

Print length 504 Pages

Weight 785 grams

Dimensions 24.30 x 17.00 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Arabic Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

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The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. Published in three volumes, the first introduces the background to the cycles, while the second analyses their contents and literary formulae. The epitomes surveyed in the final volume provide further insight into their literary nuances.

The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The Arabian epic covers ten of the main representatives of this genre. Each of these has been developed through the processes of accretive oral story-telling by means of an accumulation of narrative and folklore motifs, many of which belong to what can be seen as a universal tradition. The work is published in three volumes. The first volume introduces the background and the dimensions in which the cycles are set, while the second volume analyses their contents and the literary formulae used in their construction, as well as listing analogues found in other literatures. The epitomes surveyed in the final volume provide non-Arabists with a more immediate insight into the contents of the cycles, drawing attention to their narrative colouring and texture.

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