Description
"A charming and agreeable surprise . . . A welcome gift to Western readers." --Kirkus Reviews
"Editor Jayyusi offers a major example of the Arabic folk epics or romances called siras . . . The siras are full of heroic adventures, exotic landscapes, love affairs, friendships, supernatural dangers, magical spells, and great Arab heroes. . . . " --Library Journal
"This text should find its place alongside the translations of other epic traditions of the world as a text well suited for use in university courses on the Middle East, world literature, epic, and folklore." --Journal of Arabic Literature
This colorful panorama recounts the fantastic tales of a sixth-century Arab king and offers unusual perspectives on gender, religion, race, and ethnicity. Composed between the 13th and 16th centuries and presented here in English for the first time.
Author: Lena Jayyusi
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 09/01/1999
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780253213426
ISBN10: 0253213428
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
About the Author
LENA JAYYUSI is Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Cedar Crest College. In 1994-95 she was an Annenberg Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Categorization and the Moral Order.