Risible rhymes : or, The book to bring a smile to the lips of devotees of taste and proper style through the decoding of a sampling of the verse of the rural rank and file /

Written in mid-17th centuryEgypt, Risible Rhymesis in part a short, comic disquisition on "rural" verse, mocking thepretensions and absurdities of uneducated poets from Egypt's countryside. The interestin the countryside as a cultural, social, economic, and religious locus inits own r...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sanhūrī, Muḥammad bin Maḥfūẓ, active 1648 (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman) (Éditeur intellectuel, Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Arabic
Publié: New York : New York University Press, 2016.
Collection:Library of Arabic literature
Sujets:
1258-1800
Arabic poetry > Egypt > History and criticism > Early works to 1800.
Arabic poetry > 1258-1800 > History and criticism > Early works to 1800.
Country life in literature.
Poésie égyptienne moderne (arabe) > Histoire et critique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Poésie arabe > 1258-1800 > Histoire et critique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Vie rurale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Arabic poetry.
Egypt > In literature.
Egypt.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Letter from the General Editor; Introduction; Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; Risible Rhymes; Preamble; The Author Declares His Intention to Decode a Sampling of Rural Verse and to Follow This with a Sampling of Hints, Wrangles, and Riddles; A Sampling of the Verse of the Rural Rank and File; A Sampling of Hints and Riddles; A Wrangle over a Line by al-Mutanabbī; The Author Mentions the Date of Composition of the Work and Apologizes for Its Brevity; Notes; Glossary of Names and Untranslated Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About this E-book.

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