Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 1 Poetry of Ad-Dindan: A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd. an Edition with Translation and Introdu

by P.M. Kupershoek

This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry by ad-Dindān, a bedouin poet of the Duwāsir tribe in southern Najd, transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings. The text is representative of a poetic tradition which has remained remarkably close to the desert poetry of the early classical age. An extensive glossary, including detailed cross-references to the classical Arabic vocabulary, completes this edition.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900452097X
• ISBN13: 9789004520974
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 392 Pages