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Bedouin Poetry from Sinai and the Negev: Mirror of a Culture
Contributor(s): Bailey, Clinton (Author), Thesiger, Wilfred (Foreword by), Baily (Author)

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 ISBN: 0198265476     ISBN-13: 9780198265474
Publisher: OUP Oxford
OUR PRICE: $237.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: April 1991
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Annotation: Like other nonliterate peoples, the Bedouin have a strong oral tradition and use poetry for all forms of communication and entertainment. Based on twenty years of studying the poetry of the Bedouin of Sinai and the Negev, this book presents 115 poems recorded between 1967 and 1985. Bailey
arranges the poems according to their content, providing for each an introduction, a version of the poem in Arabic script and transliteration, and notes on the poem's cultural, linguistic, and historical background.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Middle Eastern
- Literary Collections | Middle Eastern
Dewey: 398.209
LCCN: 89071143
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.3" W x 9.28" L (1.96 lbs) 504 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Arab World
- Cultural Region - Middle East
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/1991
 
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Publisher Description:
Like other nonliterate peoples, the Bedouin have a strong oral tradition and use poetry for all forms of communication and entertainment. Based on twenty years of studying the poetry of the Bedouin of Sinai and the Negev, this book presents 115 poems recorded between 1967 and 1985. Bailey
arranges the poems according to their content, providing for each an introduction, a version of the poem in Arabic script and transliteration, and notes on the poem's cultural, linguistic, and historical background.
 
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