LEADER 03051oam 22006252 450 001 9910781523303321 005 20240116201246.0 010 $a0-7486-5330-9 010 $a1-283-37008-5 010 $a9786613370082 010 $a0-7486-5405-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748654055 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074837 035 $a(EBL)821653 035 $a(OCoLC)818853412 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000628260 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11382716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628260 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10710864 035 $a(PQKB)10441033 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748654055 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC821653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL821653 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518331 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL337008 035 $a(DE-B1597)614986 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748654055 035 $a(OCoLC)1302164684 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074837 100 $a20120514d2011|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aExploring Arab folk literature /$fPierre Cachia 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xxvii, 222 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 0 $a0-7486-4086-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aArabic literatures, "elite" and "folk" : junctions and disjunctions -- The Egyptian Mawwa?l : its ancestry, its development, and its present forms -- The Nahda's first stirrings of interest in Alf Layla -- The career of Mus?tafa? Ibra?hi?m 'Aja?j : a giant of Egyptian popular literature -- The prophet's shirt : three versions of an Egyptian narrative ballad -- An uncommon use of nonsense verse in colloquial Arabic -- An early example of narrative verse in colloquial Arabic -- An incomplete Egyptian ballad on the 1956 War -- An hounour crime with a difference -- Pulp stories in the repertoire of Egyptian folk singers -- Karam il-Yati?m -- Of loose verse and masculine beauty -- A Zajal on the Mi?ra?j attributed to al-X?uba?ri? -- Two perspectives on the "other" in Arabic literature -- Maltese : Arabic roots and sundry grafts -- Social values reflected in Egyptian popular ballads -- Folk themes in the works of Naji?b Suru?r -- Elite treatment of honour crimes in Modern Egypt. 330 $aThe character and range of Arab folk literature are investigated by Pierre Cachia in this collection of his pioneering essays in the field. 606 $aFolk literature, Arabic$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aFolk literature, Arabic$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a398.2089927 686 $aEN 2900$qBVB$2rvk 700 $aCachia$b Pierre$0197682 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781523303321 996 $aExploring Arab folk literature$93825370 997 $aUNINA