- 336 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
"A charming and agreeable surprise... A welcome gift to Western readers." âKirkus 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.... " âLibrary 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." âJournal 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- THE ADVENTURES OF Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan AN ARAB FOLK EPIC
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
- THE ADVENTURES OF Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan
- GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND PLACES
- APPENDIX: PAGE REFERENCES TO ARABIC TEXT
- CONTRIBUTORS
- MOTIF INDEX