num_pages: 382
description: Offering an analysis of oral poetry dueling performed at traditional Palestinian weddings this book addresses poetry dueling as a performative and compositional device, and explores the complex linkages between this tradition and other genres of Arabic poetry.
language: English
title: Pens, Swords, and the Springs of Art
titlecomplete: Pens, Swords, and the Springs of Art (BRILL STUDIES IN MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURES, 32)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: BRILL