| Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa (2 Vols.): 1. Classical Traditions & Modern Meanings / 2. Eulogy's Bounty, Meaning's Abundance. an Anthology Contributor(s): Sperl, Stefan (Editor), Shackle, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004104526 ISBN-13: 9789004104525 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $561.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1996 Annotation: This publication deals with the qasida, a poetic genre of Arabic origin which has become a major vehicle for the expression of societal and religious ideals in many languages of Asia and Africa. Volume One is a collection of papers by international specialists dealing with classical and modern qasida traditions that range from those in Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the Islamic heartland to languages further afield such as Urdu, Indonesian and Hausa. The papers focus upon selected poems which are published, together with an English translation, in Volume Two. This anthology contains fifty poems in fourteen languages dating from the seventh to the twentieth centuries. In their unprecedented scope, these volumes make a unique contribution to the comparative study of poetry and literary history in the Islamic world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 809.143 |
| LCCN: 95042756 |
| Series: Studies in Arabic Literature |
| Physical Information: 2.97" H x 6.54" W x 9.44" (4.82 lbs) 532 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |