SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Blatherwick, Helen (2016) Prophets, Gods and Kings in Sīrat Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan: An Intertextual Reading of an Egyptian Popular Epic. Leiden; Boston: Brill. (Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Blatherwick, Helen and Bray, Julia, eds. (2019) 'Arabic Emotions From the Quran to the Popular Epic', Special issue of Cultural History Journal 8:2. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Blatherwick, Helen and Toorawa, Shawkat M., eds. (2014) The Qur'an in Modern World Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (Special issue of Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 16:3)

Book Chapters

Blatherwick, Helen (2024) 'Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle.' In: Lothspeich, Pamela, (ed.), The Epic World. London: Routledge, pp. 189-200. (The Routledge Worlds)

Journal Article

Blatherwick, Helen (2019) '‘And The Light in his Eyes Grew Dark’: The Representation of Anger in Arabic Popular Epic.' Cultural History, 8 (2). pp. 226-247.

Blatherwick, Helen (2019) 'Textual Silences and Literary Choices in al-Kisāʾī’s Account of the Annunciation and the Birth of Jesus.' Arabica, 66 (1). pp. 1-42.

Blatherwick, Helen (2017) 'Solomon Legends in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan.' Mizan Journal for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, 2 (1).