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The Thirsty Sword : Sirat ntar and the Arabic Popular Epic
author
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Heath, Peter.
publisher
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University of Utah Press
isbn10 | asin
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print isbn13
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9780874805154
ebook isbn13
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9780585132730
language
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English
subject
ntar (Romance) , ntarah ibn Shaddad,--6th cent.--Legends.
publication date
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1996
lcc
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PJ7702.H43 1996eb
ddc
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892/.73
subject
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ntar (Romance) , ntarah ibn Shaddad,--6th cent.--Legends.
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The Thirsty Sword
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Early twentieth-century folk print of 'Antar. 'Abla, and Shaibub. Courtesy of the Egyptian Ethnographical Society, Cairo.
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The Thirsty Sword
Sirat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic
PETER HEATH
University of Utah Press Salt Lake City
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1996 by the University of Utah Press All rights reserved Printed on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Heath, Peter, 1949 The thirsty sword: Sirat 'Antar and the Arabic popular epic / Peter Heath. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-316) and index. ISBN 0-87480-515-5 (alk. paper) 1. 'Antar. 2. 'Antarah ibn Shaddad, 6th cent.Legends. I. Title. PJ7702.H43 1996 892'.73dc20 96-22394
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FOR MARIANNE
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CONTENTS
A Note on Transliteration and Dates
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
Part I: History and Context
1. The Modern "Discovery" of Srat 'Antar
3
2 The History of 'Antara, 'Antar, and Sirat 'Antar
22
3 The Narration of Sirat 'Antar
31
4. Literary Context and Literary History
43
Part II: Narrative Analysis
5. The Heroic Cycle
67
6. Use of the Heroic Cycle: Compositional Principles
89
7. Compositional Models and Description
101
8. Compositional Models and Narrative Generation: The Battle Scene
123
9. The Uses of History
149
10. Directions for Future Research
165
Appendices
I. A Summary of Sirat 'Antar
168
II. Sirat 'Antar in Manuscript and Print
232
III. Introduction to the Topkapi Manuscript (no. 1145)
240
IV. Lion Descriptions
244
V. The Lion Fight Scene
249
Notes
245
Bibliography
287
Index
315
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A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATES
TRANSLITERATION
1. Consonants (in the order of the Arabic alphabet): 'b t th j h kh ddh rzs shs s d t z 'ghf q k l m n h wy
2. Vowels: short, a i u; long, a i u
3. Diphthongs: au ai
4. Hamza: within or at the end of words as above ('); word-initial hamza is not expressed. Immediately preceding hamzat al-wasl (prosthetic hamza) long vowels become short and the following hamza is represented by '.
5. Ta marbuta: -a in final pausal form, -at in construct form.
6. Definite article: normally al-, but when the article is prefixed to words beginning with Sun Letters (t, th, d, dh, r, z, s, sh, s, d, t, z, , n) the -l- changes for reasons of euphony. Following words ending in a vowel the definite article gains
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