Pens, swords, and the springs of art : the oral poetry dueling of Palestinian weddings in the Galilee /

Offering a detailed analysis of oral poetry dueling performed at traditional Palestinian weddings, this work is unique in addressing poetry dueling as a performative and compositional device, and exploring the complex linkages between this tradition and other genres of Arabic poetry. It includes a s...

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Main Author: Yaqub, Nadia G.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, v. 32
Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures 32.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223028.

Subjects:

Bruiloftsliederen.

Mondelinge literatuur.

Folk poetry, Arabic > Israel > Galilee > History and criticism.

Weddings > Poetry.