| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 0169-9903 ; v. 25 |
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Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 25. 0169-9903
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One: Contest as Ceremony: A Pre-Islamic Poetic Contest in Horse Description of Imru' al-Qays vs. 'Alqamahal-Fahl; Chapter Two: Remedy and Resolution: Bees and Honey-Gathering in Two Hudhali Odes; Chapter Three: Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbasid Poetry of Abu Nuwas and al-Buhturi; Chapter Four: Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumi's Singing Slave-Girl; Chapter Five: Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric; Conclusion; Appendix of Arabic Texts |
| Summary |
This work deals with "wasf" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the "qasidah" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic "qasidah" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees and honey-gathering |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index |
| Notes |
English and Arabic |
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| Subject |
Arabic poetry -- History and criticism
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Ekphrasis.
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ekphrasis.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Arabic poetry
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Ekphrasis
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Ekphrasis
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Kasside
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Ekfrasis.
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Arabisch.
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Dichtkunst.
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Beschrijving (retoriek)
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Klassisches Arabisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1417510471 |
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9781417510474 |
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9047401875 |
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9789047401872 |
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9004129227 |
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9789004129221 |
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