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The Thirsty Sword: Sirat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic

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The Thirsty Sword: Sirat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic - Heath, Peter
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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. Considers the poem in the context of Arabic oral tradition and the storytelling of other Islamic peoples, in

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The Thirsty Sword: Sirat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic 1996, University of Utah Press

ISBN-13: 9780874805154

Hardcover