Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Translation; Introduction; PART ONE THE POETICS OF HUMAYNI VERSE; Chapter One: Defining the Humayni Poem; Chapter Two: Dialect in Humayni Poetry; PART TWO HUMAYNI POETRY IN THE YEMENI CULTURAL AND LITERARY LANDSCAPE; Chapter Three: A Golden Age of Humayni Poetry; Chapter Four: the Status of Humayni Poetry; PART THREE SHABAZIAN POETRY; Chapter Five: R. Salim al-Shabazi and the Shabaziyyat; Chapter Six: Shabazian Eroticism, Kabbalah and Dor De'ah; PART FOUR H?UMAYNI AND MODERNITY
Summary
Traces the evolution of an Arabic poetic form called 'Humayni poetry'. This book addresses the connections between the Humayni poetry of Yemen and the sacred poetry of Jews from Yemen, a chapter in the history of Arabic and Jewish literatures
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index
