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Like Joseph in beauty : Yemeni vernacular poetry and Arab-Jewish symbiosis /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wagner, Mark S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 33.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.