Description in classical Arabic poetry : : waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / / Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi.
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,...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2003. |
Year of Publication: | 2003 |
Edición: | 1st ed. |
Idioma: | English |
Descrición Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations |
Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; 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 Hudhalī Odes; Chapter Three: Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbāsid Poetry of Abu Nuwās and al-Buhturī; Chapter Four: Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumī's Singing Slave-Girl; Chapter Five: Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric; Conclusion; Appendix of Arabic Texts; Works Cited; Index