About this title: The desert-dwelling Bedouin have always been a subject of intense fascination. Their culture and ethics are still largely a mystery, both for the peoples with whom they share the Middle-Eastern and African lands, and for those living in the West. Like other non-literate peoples, the Bedouin have a strong oral tradition and use poetry for many forms of communication and entertainment. Clinton Bailey has spent the last twenty years among the Bedouin of Sinai and the Negev studying their culture and recording their poems as recited around campfires. This book presents the fruit of his work: 113 ...
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Description: Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger. London, Saqi Books, 2002. xxii+473pp. 20 illustrations (portraits of poets) on 8 plates, 5 maps. Paperbound. A corner bruised, otherwise very good. 'In addition to the English translations, all the poems in this book appear in an Arabic script that reflects aspects of the bedouin vernacular as transcribed by literate bedouin, and in a phonemic transliteration into Latin characters. ' p. xviii. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 4/11/1991
ISBN-13:9780198265474ISBN:0198265476
Description: Very Good. 0198265476 Very Good and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! Has a publishers mark. Has minor shelf wear (a few small creased corners) from storage. --Be Sure to Compare Seller Engine Feedback and Ratings Before Purchasing— read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198265474ISBN:0198265476
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198265474ISBN:0198265476
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198265474ISBN:0198265476
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. Dark blue cloth, ex-lib with numbers on spine, two marks on bottom page edge, bookplate and notation on endpaper; otherwise a very good unmarked reading copy, 473 pages, illustrated. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780198265474ISBN:0198265476
Description: New. 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... read more
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