Voices from the desert : glossary, indices and list of recordings / P. Marcel Kurpershoek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurpershoek, P. M.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Oral poetry and narratives from Central Arabia ; 5.

Studies in Arabic literature 0169-9903 ; 27/5.

Oral poetry and narratives from Central Arabia ; 5

Studies in Arabic literature, 0169-9903 ; 27/5

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--20th century--Translations into English.

Arabic poetry.

Arabic poetry--20th century.

Oral tradition--Saudi Arabia.

Oral tradition.

Dawāsir (Arab tribe)--Poetry.

Dawāsir (Arab tribe).

Folklore.

Saudi Arabia.

Dawāsir (Arab tribe)--Folklore.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

Includes Arabic texts transcribed into Roman script.

Summary:

Voices from the Desert is the fifth and concluding volume of P. Marcel Kurpershock's Corpus Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. The first volume appeared in 1994. In the Preface the author looks back on his almost twenty years of involvement with Arabian oral culture. He also discusses some of the striking features of the traditions collected in these volumes, and their significance within the broader political, social, and cultural context of the tribal system stretching from Yemen to the Anatolian highlands. An Introduction is followed by a consolidated Glossary, comprising all data accumulated and integrated from the glossaries of the previous four volumes. This elaborate glossary not only refers to the transcribed original texts in Volumes 1-4, but it has also been extended with many examples originating from corresponding Classical Arabic vocabulary, and additional Western sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004144218

OCLC:

63182134