The Arabian epic : heroic and oral story-telling

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The Arabian epic : heroic and oral story-telling

M.C. Lyons

（University of Cambridge Oriental publications, 49）

Cambridge University Press, 2005

  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : pbk
  • v. 3 : pbk

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"This digitally printed first paperback version 2005"--T.p. verso

Vol. 1. Introduction -- v. 2. Analysis -- v. 3. Texts

Bibliography: v. 1, p. 141-144

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780521017381

Description

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 eleven 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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.
Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780521017398

Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to volume two
  • 1. 'Ali al-Zaibag
  • 2. Sirat 'Antar
  • 3. Sirat al-Zahir Baibars
  • 4. Sirat Bani Hilal al-Kubra
  • 5. Taghribat Bani Hilal
  • 6. Qissat Abu Zaid al-Hilali wa'l-Na'isa
  • 7. Sirat al-Amira Dhat al Himma
  • 8. Firuz Shah
  • 9. Sirat Saif b. Dhi Yazan
  • 10. Sirat Saif al-Tijan
  • 11. Qissat al-Zir
  • Narrative index
  • Source references
  • Comparative index.
Volume

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9780521017404

Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to volume three
  • 1. Kitab Qisat al-Muqaddan 'Ali al-Zaibaq
  • 2. Sirat 'Antar
  • 3. Sirat al-Zahir Baibars
  • 4. Sirat Bani Hilal al-Kubra
  • 5. Taghribat Bani Hilal
  • 6. Sirat Bani Hilal fi Qissat Abi Zaid al-Hilali wa'l-Na'isa wa-Zaid al-'Ajjaj
  • 7. Sirat al-Amira Dhat al-Himma
  • 8. Qissat Firuz Shah b. al-Malik Darab
  • 9. Qissat al-Amir Hamzat al-Pahlawan
  • 10. Sirat Faris al-Yaman al-Malik Saif b. Dhi Yazan
  • 11. Sirat Saif al-Tijan
  • 12. Qissat al-Zir.

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