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Title Oral poetry and narratives from Central Arabia / [edited by] P. Marcel Kurpershoek
Published Leiden ; New York : Brill, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations, maps
Series Studies in Arabic literature, 0169-9903 ; 17
Studies in Arabic literature ; 17. 0169-9903
Contents 1. The poetry of ad-Dindān -- 2. The story of a desert knight -- 3. Bedouin poets of the Dawāsir tribe -- 4. A Saudi tribal history : honour and faith in the traditions of the Dawāsir -- 5. Voices from the desert; Glossary, indices, and list of recordings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- Najd -- Translations into English
Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- Najd
Arabic poetry -- 20th century -- Translations into English
Arabic poetry -- 20th century.
Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- Najd -- History and criticism
Arabic poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Oral tradition -- Saudi Arabia -- Najd
Dawāsir (Arab tribe)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Arabic poetry
Dawāsir (Arab tribe)
Dialect poetry, Arabic
Oral tradition
Saudi Arabia -- Najd
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations
Form Electronic book
Author Kurpershoek, P. M
ISBN 9781429453301
1429453303