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" The adventures of Sayf ben Dhi Yazan : "
translation & narration by Lena Jayyusi ; introduction by Harry Norris.
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BL
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1050119
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bc1082
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Uniform Title
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Sīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan.English.
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The adventures of Sayf ben Dhi Yazan : : an Arab folk epic /\ translation narration by Lena Jayyusi ; introduction by Harry Norris.
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| Publication Statement
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Bloomington, Ind. :: Indiana University Press,, ©1996.
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1 online resource (xxvi, 308 pages)
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| ISBN
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9780253056597
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: 0253056594
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0253330343
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9780253330345
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0253213428
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9780253213426
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The selections in this volume cover the first 500 pages of the authorized 4-volume Arabic ed. published in Cairo by Maktabat al-Jumhūrīyah with no publication date.
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"A PROTA book."
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Includes index.
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| Abstract
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The military adventures of a king of Yemen as he battles monsters, ghosts and Ethiopian Christians, and his romantic interlude in the City of Maidens. An Arabic folk tale of unknown authorship, written in prose and poetry.
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Folk literature, Arabic-- Translations into English.
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18.72 classical Arabic language and literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Middle Eastern.
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Folk literature, Arabic.
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| Dewey Classification
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398.22/089/927
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| LC Classification
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PJ7760.S5A24 1996eb
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18.72bcl
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EN 2900rvk
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Jayyusi, Lena.
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