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The adventures of Sayf ben Dhi Yazan
an Arab folk epic
By Jayyusi, Lena
- ISBN
- 978-0-25333-034-5
- Publisher
- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c1996.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1996
Editor Jayyusi offers a major example of the Arabic folk epics or romances called siras that were composed between the 13th and 16th centuries in the Middle East. Flourishing in the same milieu that produced One Thousand and One Nights, with the Cairo-centered Mamluk state as the initial audience, the sira form may have influenced Western lite...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
