Poetic Heroes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poetic Heroes write by Mark S. Smith. This book was released on 2014-09-15. Poetic Heroes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes write by Dwight F. Reynolds. This book was released on 2018-03-15. Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes
Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes write by Dwight F. Reynolds. This book was released on 2018-03-15. Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings
Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings write by Olga M. Davidson. This book was released on 2019-07-15. Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A masterpiece of Persian Classical epic, the Shahnama or Book of Kings was composed by Abu'l-Qasem Ferdowsi at the beginning of the eleventh century. Because the Shahnama presents itself as a chronicle of the reigns of the shahs from the primordial founders to the Sasanian dynasty which ended in 651, scholarly attention has centered on the question of its historical accuracy. Addressing the literary as well as the historical and mythological aspects of the Shahnama, Olga M. Davidson makes this centerpiece of Iranian culture accessible to Western readers. Drawing on recent work in epic studies and oral poetics, Davidson considers analogies with Classical and medieval European narratives as she investigates the poem's social contexts. Her interpretation of the Shahnama focuses on both the figure of the poet himself and on his protagonists-the superhuman hero Rostam and the historical or historicized shahs. Exploring the Shahnama as an example of court poetry designed to glorify the idea of empire, Davidson identifies as a driving force of Ferdowsi's narrative a strong current of antagonism between king and hero. Ironically, she shows, it is the epic hero himself who poses the greatest threat to the concept of kingship that he is sworn to defend. Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings will be welcomed by readers working in such fields as comparative literature, Middle Eastern Studies, folklore, literary theory, and comparative religion.
Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in Celtic Tradition
Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in Celtic Tradition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in Celtic Tradition write by Joseph Falaky Nagy. This book was released on 2005. Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in Celtic Tradition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
