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Sirat Antara - the Manuscript from the University Library in Wroclaw, Poland : One of the Longest Literary Compositions of Medieval Arabic Literature
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EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nawolska, Anna.
- Standardized Title:
- °Antar (Romance).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- ʻAntar (Romance).
- ʻAntarah ibn Shadda ̄d, 6th cent. -- Legends.
- ʻAntarah ibn Shaddād, active 6th century--Legends.
- Local Subjects:
- ʻAntar (Romance).
- ʻAntarah ibn Shadda ̄d, 6th cent. -- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Sirat Antara was an eighteenth century manuscript discovered by Anna Nawolska in the Manuscripts Department of Wroclaw University, Poland, which Nawolska translated from Arabic into English. Anatara Ibn Shaddad al-Absi was a sixth century pre-Islamic poet, knight, and hero. The Sirat Antara is the fifth incomplete volume of the chivalric epic that details the heroic deeds of Anatara Ibn Shaddad al-Absi. Not only does Nawolska provide a translation of the manuscript, but she also presents a history of the Sirat Antara and the genesis of Arabic chivalric epic. This book will appeal not only
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The chivalrous epos and its genesis; Chapter 2 Srat Antara in the light of a European state of Investigation; Chapter 3 Antara in Wroclaw; Chapter 4 Some remarks on the poetics of the Srat Antara; Chapter 5 The comparison some fragments of manuscripts poems with the poems of Diwn Antara; Chapter 1 Sirat Antara. Translation with Critical Commentary; Summary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1178-X
- OCLC:
- 797916303
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