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The Tale of alBarraq Son of Raw?an and Layla the Chaste: A bilingual edition and study,Used
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This book presents a bilingual edition and study of an anonymous work of early Arabic fiction set in preIslamic times: an Arab maiden called 'Layla the Chaste' is kidnapped and threatened with forced marriage to a Persian king. Ultimately, she is saved by her handsome and beloved cousin alBarraq, and they marry and live happily ever after. This knightinshiningarmourrescuesdamselindistress narrative, which combines elements of the Arabic popular epic (sira) with others from the Udhri; love story and the western fairy tale, was misinterpreted as history by scholars in the 19th century. In the two substantive chapters that frame her translation of the tale, Hammond discusses the text's evolution in the Arab Renaissance and its metamorphoses in 20thcentury popular culture. She also analyses the structure of the tale to look for clues as to its real origins, shedding new light on theories of the development of the Arabic novel.
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