Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 128 pp. Contents; Introduction: The Tradition -- Part One: The Ethnography of a Poetic Tradition -- I. The Village -- 2. Poets Inside and Outside the Epic -- 3. The… Read more about this item

Cornell University Press, 1995-05-11. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Binding is tight clean & crisp. Dj in mylar in very good condition.

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall in lilac cloth w/red spine medallion and gold titles. Fine book in like DJ. xviii, 243pp inc. textual footnotes, Appendix, Works Cited, Index; illustrated in… Read more about this item

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full purple cloth boards show slight edge wear. Previous owner's name has been whited out on front endpaper. 244 pages.

U.S.A.: Cornell University Press. A beautifully clean, crisp, hardcover copy in fine condition. Fine DJ in mylar cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1995.

Cornell University Press, 11/05/1995 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.3582 in x 23.7519 in x 16.0178 in.

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Paperback / softback. New. 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...

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cornell Univ Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 128 pages. 0.90x0.60x0.91 inches.

Cornell Univ Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 128 pages. 0.90x0.60x0.91 inches.