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Description in classical Arabic poetry : waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory /
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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Arabic |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2004.
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| Collection: | Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ;
v. 25. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.