Foreword . . vii
Preface . . ix
Acknowledgements . . xi

Part I
Chapter 1 The chivalrous epos and its genesis . . 1
Chapter 2 Sirat 'Antara in the light of a European state of investigation . . 11
Chapter 3 'Antara in Wroclaw . . 15
Chapter 4 Some remarks on the poetics of Sirat 'Antara . . 29
Chapter 5 The comparison of some fragments of the manuscript's poems with the poems of Diwan 'Antara . . 41

Part II
Chapter 6 Sirat 'Antara. Translation with critical commentary . . 57

Summary . . 291
Bibliography . . 295
Index . . 301