Early Islamic Poetry and Poetics: 6 (Formation of the Classical Islamic World)

by SuzannePinckneyStetkevych (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $257.45

  Presents a set of key studies on classical Arabic poetry (ca 500-1000 CE). This book focuses on interpretations of the form and function of the pre-eminent classical poetic genre, the polythematic qasida, or Arabic ode, particularly explorations of its ritual, ceremonial and performance dimensions.