Prophets, gods and kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan : an intertextual reading of an Egyptian popular epic /
Blatherwick, Helen.
Prophets, gods and kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan : an intertextual reading of an Egyptian popular epic / by Helen Blatherwick. - 1 online resource. - Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 38 . - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures 38. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935. .
Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--SOAS, University of London, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Text -- 2 The Prophets: Islamic Legend in Sīrat Sayf -- 3 The Gods: Sīrat Sayf and Ancient Egyptian Myth -- 4 The King: Sīrat Sayf and the Alexander Romance -- 5 Intertextual Dialogue in the Diversion of the Nile -- Appendix: Glossary of Principal Characters -- Bibliography -- Index.
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This book is a literary, intertextual study of an Egyptian popular epic. In this innovative study, Helen Blatherwick investigates how various sources, including Islamic qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ (‘tales of the prophets’), Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman and Coptic Egyptian myths and narratives, and recensions of the Alexander Romance function as intertexts within Sīrat Sayf . Blatherwick argues that these intertexts are deployed as narrative devices which are readily recognisable to the story's audience, and that they are significant carriers of meaning and theme. Crucially, these intertexts also interact within Sīrat Sayf to bring a conceptual continuity to its discussion of kingship and society that stretches from this late-medieval epic back to ancient Egyptian narratives.
9789004314801
10.1163/9789004314801 DOI
2016002644
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. --History and criticism.--Romances
Sīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan.
Prophets in literature.
Folk literature, Arabic--History and criticism.--Egypt
Kings and rulers in literature.
PJ7760.S53
398.20962
Prophets, gods and kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan : an intertextual reading of an Egyptian popular epic / by Helen Blatherwick. - 1 online resource. - Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 38 . - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures 38. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935. .
Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--SOAS, University of London, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Text -- 2 The Prophets: Islamic Legend in Sīrat Sayf -- 3 The Gods: Sīrat Sayf and Ancient Egyptian Myth -- 4 The King: Sīrat Sayf and the Alexander Romance -- 5 Intertextual Dialogue in the Diversion of the Nile -- Appendix: Glossary of Principal Characters -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This book is a literary, intertextual study of an Egyptian popular epic. In this innovative study, Helen Blatherwick investigates how various sources, including Islamic qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ (‘tales of the prophets’), Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman and Coptic Egyptian myths and narratives, and recensions of the Alexander Romance function as intertexts within Sīrat Sayf . Blatherwick argues that these intertexts are deployed as narrative devices which are readily recognisable to the story's audience, and that they are significant carriers of meaning and theme. Crucially, these intertexts also interact within Sīrat Sayf to bring a conceptual continuity to its discussion of kingship and society that stretches from this late-medieval epic back to ancient Egyptian narratives.
9789004314801
10.1163/9789004314801 DOI
2016002644
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. --History and criticism.--Romances
Sīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan.
Prophets in literature.
Folk literature, Arabic--History and criticism.--Egypt
Kings and rulers in literature.
PJ7760.S53
398.20962