Arabian Epic: Volume 1, Introduction - Heroic and Oral Story-Telling

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction to volume one; Part I. Dimensions: Time and space; Racial groups; Social organisation, authority and the individual; Women, love and marriage; Background of beliefs; Part II. Narrative Settings: War; The sea; Common: uncommon; Part III. Structure; Part IV. Narrative Agents: Minor characters; Princes; Heroes; The monstrous regiment; The Man of Wiles; Villains; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Abbreviations used in indices; Index of names; Index of places.

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• Authors: M. C. Lyons, M. C. (University of Cambridge) Lyons, Malcolm C. Lyons
• Assisted by: Faculty Of Oriental Studies (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2005
• EAN: 9780521017381
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01738-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: University of Cambridge Orient
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous