Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes

by Dwight F. Reynolds

Book Overview

An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds reveals how the epic tradition continues to provide a context for social interaction and commentary. Reynolds's account is based on performances in the northern Egyptian village in which he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801431743
• ISBN13: 9780801431746
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher