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100	1		_aBlatherwick, Helen.
245	1	0	_aProphets, gods and kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan : _ban intertextual reading of an Egyptian popular epic / _cby Helen Blatherwick.
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aBrill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; _vv. 38
500			_aRevised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--SOAS, University of London, 2002.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary 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.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aThis 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
600	0	0	_aAlexander, _cthe Great, _d356 B.C.-323 B.C. _vRomances _xHistory and criticism.
630	0	0	_aSīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan.
650		0	_aProphets in literature.
650		0	_aFolk literature, Arabic _zEgypt _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aKings and rulers in literature.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBlatherwick, Helen, author. _tProphets, gods and kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016 _z9789004314795 _w(DLC) 2016001253
830		0	_aBrill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures _v38.
830		0	_aMiddle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004314801
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