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Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes
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Author : Dwight F. Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-03-15
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes written by Dwight F. Reynolds and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with History categories.
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 studied as an apprentice to a master epic-singer. Reynolds explains in detail the narrative structure of the Sirat Bani Hilal as well as the tradition of epic singing. He sees both living epic poets and fictional epic heroes as figures engaged in an ongoing dialogue with audiences concerning such vital issues as ethnicity, religious orientation, codes of behavior, gender roles, and social hierarchies.
Poetic Heroes
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Author : Mark S. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Poetic Heroes written by Mark S. Smith and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with History categories.
Warfare exerts a magnetic power, even a terrible attraction, in its emphasis on glory, honor, and duty. In order to face the terror of war, it is necessary to face how our biblical traditions have made it attractive -- even alluring. In this book Mark Smith undertakes an extensive exploration of "poetic heroes" across a number of ancient cultures in order to understand the attitudes of those cultures toward war and warriors. Smith examines the Iliad and the Gilgamesh; Ugaritic poems commemorating Baal, Aqhat, and the Rephaim; and early biblical poetry, including the battle hymn of Judges 5 and the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan in 2 Samuel 1. Smith's Poetic Heroes analyzes the importance of heroic poetry in early Israel and its disappearance after the time of David, building on several strands of scholarship in archaeological research, poetic analysis, and cultural reconstruction.
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes
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Author : Dwight Fletcher Reynolds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes written by Dwight Fletcher Reynolds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Banī Hilāl (Egypt) categories.
Heroic Poets And Poetic Heroes In Celtic Tradition
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Author : Joseph Falaky Nagy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Heroic Poets And Poetic Heroes In Celtic Tradition written by Joseph Falaky Nagy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume, a double issue of the CSANA Yearbook, containing articles from some of the leading scholars in Irish, Welsh, and medieval studies, honors Patrick K. Ford, the retiring Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, and a founding member of the Celtic Studies Association of North America.
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes
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Author : Dwight Fletcher Reynolds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes written by Dwight Fletcher Reynolds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Si rat Bani Hilal, the oral epic of the Bani Hilal tribe, recounts the 10th-cent ury migration of this Bedouin tribe from their homeland in the Arabian peninsula to North Africa, their conquest of the region of Ifri qiya, and their eventual defeat at the hands of the Moroccan Almohad dynasty in the mid-12th century. The se historical events have given rise to a folk narrative tradition found through out the Arab world. This dissertation focuses on the social life of this epic-si nging tradition within a single village, one which is home to the largest commun ity of hereditary epic poets known in the Arab world. The regional renown of thi s community of poets, and their social status as ghajar or Gypsies, sets into sh arp relief many of the social tensions which surround the role of epic poet in r ural Egyptian society. The dissertation is divided into three parts: (1) The Eth nography of a Poetic Tradition, (2) Composition, and (3) Textual and Performance Strategies. The first section presents a general ethnographic portrait of the v illage, followed by a detailed examination of the epic poet community and their relationship to the larger society in which they live. The implications of this relationship are then traced through various traditional contexts for epic-singi ng, the story of the epic itself, and recurring structures of social interaction observed in epic performances. The second section addresses the questions of ap prenticeship, transmission, and oral-formulaic composition; a several month peri od of apprenticeship was undertaken by the author in conducting this research. F inally, an examination of the epic as frame for social interaction and criticism is presented through the analysis of performance texts from a single context, t he sahra, or private evening gathering. The figures of (living) epic poets and ( fictional) epic heroes are presented as engaged in an on-going dialogue concerni ng honor, social status, and manhood, represented not only through the narrative of the epic, but also in the parallel 'ways of speaking' of poets and heroes.
The Poet Hero In The Work Of Byron And Shelley
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Author : Madeleine Callaghan
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2019-02-28
The Poet Hero In The Work Of Byron And Shelley written by Madeleine Callaghan and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Byron’s and Shelley’s experimentation with the possibilities and pitfalls of poetic heroism unites their work. The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley traces the evolution of the poet-hero in the work of both poets, revealing that the struggle to find words adequate to the poet’s imaginative vision and historical circumstance is their central poetic achievement. Madeleine Callaghan explores the different types of poetic heroism that evolve in Byron’s and Shelley’s poetry and drama. Both poets experiment with, challenge and embrace a variety of poetic forms and genres, and this book discusses such generic exploration in the light of their developing versions of the poet-hero. The heroism of the poet, as an idea, an ideal and an illusion, undergoes many different incarnations and definitions as both poets shape distinctive and changing conceptions of the hero throughout their careers.
Discourses On The Heroic Poem
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Author : Torquato Tasso
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1973
Discourses On The Heroic Poem written by Torquato Tasso and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Poetic Edda
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Author : Jackson Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-05
The Poetic Edda written by Jackson Crawford and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-05 with Poetry categories.
"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings." --Dick Ringler, Professor Emeritus of English and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hero And Exile
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Author : Greenfield,
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1989-07-01
Hero And Exile written by Greenfield, and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-07-01 with History categories.
After a distinguished career as a teacher, scholar, bibliographer and literary critic, Stanley Brian Greenfield, Professor of English at the University of Oregon, one of the founders of the annual Anglo-Saxon England and of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, died in 1987. He wrote primarily on Anglo-Saxon topics as well as later English poetry. He deeply explored the Old English poetic corpus, pointing out important meanings and qualities in insightful and sensitive readings. Hero and Exile brings together some of his most important essays, divided into three sections - Beowulfian Studies, The Old English Elegies and The Theme of Exile - attesting to his long and fruitful engagement with Old English literature.
Heroes Of Literature English Poets A Book For Young Readers
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Author : John Dennis
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-01-18
Heroes Of Literature English Poets A Book For Young Readers written by John Dennis and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-18 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.