LEADER 02422nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910838399703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60781-814-0 010 $a0-585-13273-9 035 $a(CKB)111004365697894 035 $a(OCoLC)614709410 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10015734 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000258812 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258812 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274042 035 $a(PQKB)10096581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10015734 035 $a(OCoLC)929519087 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365697894 100 $a19960424d1996 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe thirsty sword $eSirat Antar and the Arabic popular epic /$fPeter Heath 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSalt Lake City $cUniversity of Utah Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 324 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-87480-515-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-314) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Modern Discove y of -- The History of Antara, Antar, -- The Narration of -- Literary Context and Literary History -- The Heroic Cycle -- of the Heroic Cycle: Compositional Principles -- Compositional Models and Description -- Compositional Models and Narrative Generation: The Battle Scene -- The Uses of History -- Di ections for Fu ther Research -- A Summary of -- in Manuscript -- and Print -- Introduction to the Topkap· Manuscript ( no. 1145) -- Lion Descriptions -- The Lion Fight Scene -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aExplores 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. 606 $aArabic literature 615 0$aArabic literature. 676 $a892/.73 700 $aHeath$b Peter$f1949-$01610306 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838399703321 996 $aThe thirsty sword$94132244 997 $aUNINA