| Desert Travel as a Form of Boasting: A Study of Du R-Rumma's Poetry 1., Aufl. Edition Contributor(s): Papoutsakis, Nefeli (Author) |
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ISBN: 344706112X ISBN-13: 9783447061124 Publisher: Harrassowitz OUR PRICE: $61.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 892.713 |
| LCCN: 2010359786 |
| Series: Arabische Studien |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.6" W x 9.3" (0.70 lbs) 169 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Boasting about one's travels through the desert was a very common topic of self-praise in early Arabic poetry (ca. 500-750). Desert crossing would attest to a man's character, providing evidence of his valour, stamina, industriousness and ambition. The book focuses on desert travel as a self-praise theme in early Arabic poetry and especially in the work of the Umayyad poet Dur-Rumma (ca. 695-735), one of the last great exponents of the Bedouin poetic tradition. It discusses the various motifs associated with desert travel in Dur-Rumma and traces their antecedents in the work of earlier poets. By analyzing the diachronic development of the travel theme and evaluating its place within the poem as a whole, it challenges the widespread view of the Arabic ode (qasida) as a tripartite composition and contributes to a better understanding of early Arabic poetics. For despite the fact that desert travel was a central theme of early poetry, it has never been studied in detail and its purport as a theme of self-praise has not been generally recognized. |