Description: Further DetailsTitle: Heroic Poets, Poetic HeroesCondition: NewSubtitle: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic TraditionISBN-10: 1501723219EAN: 9781501723216ISBN: 9781501723216Publisher: Cornell University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/15/2018Description: An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds reveals how the epic tradition continues to provide a context for social interaction and commentary. Reynolds’s account is based on performances in the northern Egyptian village in which he studied as an apprentice to a master epic-singer. Reynolds explains in detail the narrative structure of the Sirat Bani Hilal as well as the tradition of epic singing. He sees both living epic poets and fictional epic heroes as figures engaged in an ongoing dialogue with audiences concerning such vital issues as ethnicity, religious orientation, codes of behavior, gender roles, and social hierarchies.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Dwight F. ReynoldsGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Myth and PoeticsTopic: Language & Reference, Social Sciences, Literary CriticismItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes
Title: Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes
Subtitle: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition
ISBN-10: 1501723219
EAN: 9781501723216
ISBN: 9781501723216
Release Date: 08/15/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Myth and Poetics
Book Title: Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes : the Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Topic: Middle Eastern, Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Dwight F. Reynolds
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Myth and Poetics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
