"Our Steppe is vast ..." : Kurdish epics and tribal stories from Urfa, 1906 : Kurmanji - English / collected by Oskar Mann ; edited, translated and introduced by Barbara Sträuli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Oskar, 1867-1917.

Contributor:

Mann, Oskar, 1867-1917, collector.

Sträuli Arslan, Barbara, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Göttinger Orientforschungen. Iranica ; III. Reihe, n.F. 19.

Göttinger Orientforschungen. III. Reihe, Iranica, 2747-4925 ; neue Folge, 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Kurdish.

Tales--Turkey--Şanlıurfa İli.

Tales.

Tales--Turkey, Eastern.

Eastern Turkey.

Kurds--Turkey--Şanlıurfa İli--Folklore.

Kurds.

Turkey--Şanlıurfa İli.

Kurds--Turkey, Eastern--Folklore.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

Language Note:

Original texts in Kurmanji, with parallel English translations; critical matter in English.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The Kurdish epics and stories from Urfa recorded by Oskar Mann

2. The singers of Urfa

3. Regional tribal history

4. The regional epic tradition

5. The concept of history in the regional epic tradition

6. The present edition

II. THE TEXTS (KURMANJI-ENGLISH). Anecdotes (by Osmanoğlu)

A History of the Milan Leaders (ca. 1800-1906)

Epics and Kilam

III. REGISTER.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: "Our Steppe is vast ...".

ISBN:

9783447391795

3447391790

Publisher Number:

99988991345

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.