Arabian Romantic : : Poems on Bedouin Life and Love / / ʿAbdallāh ibn Sbayyil; ed. by Marcel Kurpershoek.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Sbayyil, ʿAbdallāh ibn,
• HerausgeberIn: Kurpershoek, Marcel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Udgivelsesår: 2018
• Sprog: English
• Serier: Library of Arabic Literature ; 33
• Fysisk beskrivelse: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Letter from the General Editor --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Map: Northern Central Arabia --; A Note on the Text --; Notes to the Introduction --; Arabian Romantic --; Notes --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index of Poems, Editions, and Manuscripts Used for this Edition --; Index --; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute --; About the Typefaces --; Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature --; About the Editor–Translator
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479866861; 9783110722741
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479866861.001.0001
• Adgang: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ʿAbdallāh ibn Sbayyil; ed. by Marcel Kurpershoek.

Love poems from late nineteenth-century Arabia Arabian Romantic captures what it was like to live in central Arabia before the imposition of austere norms by the Wahhabi authorities in the early twentieth century: tales of robbery and hot pursuit; perilous desert crossings; scenes of exhaustion and chaos when water is raised from deep wells under harsh conditions; the distress of wounded and worn-out animals on the brink of perdition; once proud warriors who are at the mercy of their enemy on the field of battle. Such images lend poignancy to the suffering of the poet’s love-stricken heart, while also painting a vivid portrait of typical Bedouin life. Ibn Sbayyil (ca. 1853–1933), a town dweller from the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula, was a key figure in the Nabati poetic tradition. His poetry, which is still recited today, broke with the artifice of the preceding generation by combining inherited idiom and original touches reflecting his environment. Translated into English for the first time by Marcel Kurpershoek, Arabian Romantic will delight readers with a poetry that is direct, fluent, and expressive, and that has entertained Arabic speakers for over a century.