Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe : : Between Nomadism and Settlement in Southern Najd / / Marcel Kurpershoek.

This volume presents and analyses the work of four contemporary Saudi Bedouin poets, based on taped records, with special emphasis on this poetry's reflection of the tribal society's evolving self-image at a time of rapid social, economic, and political transformation.

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Superior document:Studies in Arabic Literature ; 17/3
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
Year of Publication:1999
Language:English
Series:Studies in Arabic Literature ; 17/3.
Physical Description:1 online resource (529 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Preface: Four Poets / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Ibn Batla: Poet of Rain and War / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Ad-Dindān and Nābit: The Ṣaʿālīk of the Wādi / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • B kh ētān ibn Ḏāfi: Living the Desert Code / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Language and Prosody / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Ibn Batla / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Ad-Dindān / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Nābit ibn Ḏāfir / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • B kh ētān ibn Ḏāfi / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Note on the Glossary / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Glossary / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Poem by Falāḥ ibn Fāliḥ Al-Masridi 1 / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Place Names / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Sources of Reference / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Map / P. Marcel Kurpershoek
  • Studies in Arabic Literature / P. Marcel Kurpershoek.