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Pens, Swords, and the Springs of Art: the Oral Poetry Dueling of Palestinian Weddings in the Galilee (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 32)

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Offering an analysis of oral poetry dueling performed at traditional Palestinian weddings this book addresses poetry dueling as a performative and compositional device, and explores the complex linkages between this tradition and other genres of Arabic poetry.

Author(s): Yaqub, N.G.
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 391

9004152598......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION POETRY DUELING IN ARABIC......Page 12
PART ONE ANALYSIS......Page 30
CHAPTER ONE MEMORIZING AL-MUTANABBĪ: POETRY DUELING AND POETIC PRODUCTION IN ARABIC......Page 32
CHAPTER TWO THE MAKING OF A TRADITION: THE HISTORY, LANGUAGE, CONTEXT, AND PRACTICE OF ORAL PALESTINIAN WEDDING POETRY......Page 69
CHAPTER THREE COMPOSITION......Page 112
CHAPTER FOUR THE EXCHANGE OF GIFTS......Page 157
PART TWO A TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION OF HAFLAT IBRĀHĪM AL-JABĀRĪN......Page 188
A Note on the Transcription, Translation, and Notations......Page 190
A TRANSCRIPTION OF HAFLAT IBRĀHĪM AL-JABĀRĪN......Page 196
A TRANSLATION OF HAFLAT IBRĀHĪM AL-JABĀRĪN......Page 264
APPENDIX: ARABIC TEXTS......Page 368
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 374
INDEX......Page 382