| Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 1 Poetry of Ad-Dindan: A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd. an Edition with Translation and Introdu Contributor(s): Kurpershoek, Marcel (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004098941 ISBN-13: 9789004098947 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $231.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1994 Annotation: This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry by ad-Dind?n, a bedouin poet of the Duw?sir tribe in southern Najd, transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings. The text is representative of a poetic tradition which has remained remarkably close to the desert poetry of the early classical age. An extensive glossary, including detailed cross-references to the classical Arabic vocabulary, completes this edition. The introduction describes Dind?n's somewhat anomalous position in local society as a result of his stubborn attachment to nomadism, his fierce artistic temper, and his unreconstructed bedouin ethos. It also discusses the composition of oral poetry, the "d?w?n's themes and its place in the Najdi tradition, the impact of literacy on the poet's oral work, and the prosodic and linguistic features of the text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.7 |
| LCCN: 94199378 |
| Series: Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 9.68" (1.83 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry by ad-Dindān, a bedouin poet of the Duwāsir tribe in southern Najd, transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings. The text is representative of a poetic tradition which has remained remarkably close to the desert poetry of the early classical age. An extensive glossary, including detailed cross-references to the classical Arabic vocabulary, completes this edition. The introduction describes Dindān's somewhat anomalous position in local society as a result of his stubborn attachment to nomadism, his fierce artistic temper, and his unreconstructed bedouin ethos. It also discusses the composition of oral poetry, the dīwān's themes and its place in the Najdi tradition, the impact of literacy on the poet's oral work, and the prosodic and linguistic features of the text. |