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Seers, saints and sinners : the oral tradition of Upper Egypt / Elizabeth Wickett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wickett, Elizabeth.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- George, Saint, -303.
- Tales--Egypt--Luxor.
- Folklore--Egypt--Luxor.
- Oral tradition--Egypt--Luxor.
- Storytelling--Egypt--Luxor.
- Egyptians--Egypt--Luxor--Folklore.
- Copts--Luxor--Folklore.
- Copts.
- Folklore.
- Coptic Christian saints--Folklore.
- Sīrat Banī Hilāl.
- George, Saint, -303--Folklore.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Folklore.
- Folk poetry, Arabic--Criticism and interpretation.
- Folk poetry, Arabic--Translations into English.
- Folk poetry, Arabic.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Coptic Christian saints.
- Egyptians.
- Storytelling.
- Oral tradition.
- Tales.
- Egypt--Luxor.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Tales in English translation with transliterations of Upper Egyptian pronunciation of Arabic in appendices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780760537
- 1780760531
- OCLC:
- 753305059
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