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Islam and the heroic image : themes in literature and the visual arts / by John Renard.
LIBRA DS35.62 .R46 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renard, John, 1944-
- Series:
- Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
- Studies in comparative religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic countries--Civilization.
- Islamic countries.
- Civilization.
- Heroes in literature.
- Heroes in art.
- Islamic literature--History and criticism.
- Islamic literature.
- Islamic art.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [1993]
- Contents:
- Heroic themes and the world of Islam
- Islamicate heroic figures
- Elements of the heroic cycle : narrative and iconographic themes
- Elements of the heroic cycle : symbolic dimensions
- Sources of heroic imagery : the major literary and artistic traditions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-328) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Libra copy has author's inscription to Peter Heath on title page.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Renard, John, 1944- Islam and the heroic image.
- ISBN:
- 0872498328
- 9780872498327
- OCLC:
- 26054265
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