The Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan - by Lena Jayyusi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Composed between the 13th and 16th centuries and presented here in English for the first time.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A charming and agreeable surprise . . . A welcome gift to Western readers. --Kirkus Reviews</p><p>Editor Jayyusi offers a major example of the Arabic folk epics or romances called siras . . . The siras are full of heroic adventures, exotic landscapes, love affairs, friendships, supernatural dangers, magical spells, and great Arab heroes. . . . --Library Journal</p><p>This text should find its place alongside the translations of other epic traditions of the world as a text well suited for use in university courses on the Middle East, world literature, epic, and folklore. --Journal of Arabic Literature</p><p>This colorful panorama recounts the fantastic tales of a sixth-century Arab king and offers unusual perspectives on gender, religion, race, and ethnicity. Composed between the 13th and 16th centuries and presented here in English for the first time.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>LENA JAYYUSI is Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Cedar Crest College. In 1994-95 she was an Annenberg Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Categorization and the Moral Order.</p></p>
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