Sumi, Akiko Motoyoshi, <br/><br/>
Description in classical Arabic poetry :  wasf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / 
by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2004. 
 - xvi, 251 pages, [3] p. of plates :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures,  v. 25.  0169-9903 ; .
 - Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-241) and index. 
<br/><br/>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'Abbas̄id Poetry of Abu Nuwas̄ 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 -- Works Cited -- Index.   
<br/><br/> 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 and honey-gathering. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9004129227 (alk. paper)  Hadiah 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arabic poetry--History and criticism.<br/>Ekphrasis.