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