TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sumi,Akiko Motoyoshi
TI  - Description in classical Arabic poetry: wasf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory 
T2  - Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures,
SN  - 9004129227 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Arabic poetry
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Ekphrasis
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-241) and index; 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.
N2  - 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
ER  -