Description in classical Arabic poetry : wasf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi.
Series: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literaturesPublication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.Description: xvi, 251 pages, [3] p. of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9004129227 (alk. paper)
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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.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-241) and index.
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