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Subject(s)

• Arabic literature [Browse]
• Antar (Romance) [Browse]
• Antarah ibn Shaddad 6th cent—Legends [Browse]

Summary note

Explores the popular epic of Arabic storytelling by focusing on a particular example, The Life Story of 'Antar, purporting to recount the life of the famous pre-Islamic Arab poet and warrior.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-314) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• A Note on Transliteration and Dates
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Modern Discove y of
• The History of Antara, Antar,
• The Narration of
• Literary Context and Literary History
• The Heroic Cycle
• of the Heroic Cycle: Compositional Principles
• Compositional Models and Description
• Compositional Models and Narrative Generation: The Battle Scene
• The Uses of History
• Di ections for Fu ther Research
• A Summary of
• in Manuscript
• and Print
• Introduction to the Topkap· Manuscript ( no. 1145)
• Lion Descriptions
• The Lion Fight Scene
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.

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ISBN

• 1-60781-814-0
• 0-585-13273-9

OCLC

• 614709410
• 929519087

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