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Provides a comprehensive introduction to classical Arabic poetry. Covering the period roughly of 500-1250 CE, this volume features original translations and illuminating discussions of a number of major classical Arabic poems from a variety of genres.

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Even for more advanced students and scholars, the poems juxtaposed to the historical context offer a useful framework for thinking about poetry and history together over a wide range of space and time. This innovative work should provoke much discussion among Arabic and Middle Eastern literature scholars. Provides readable and sensible essays on the poems, giving ample and illuminating attention to their backgrounds One of the most important books to have been written in the field in a very long time. . . . Farrin is not only a conscientious scholar, but also a very refined and sensitive literary critic.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815632221, 978-0815632221
      ISBN10: 0815632223
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a comprehensive introduction to classical Arabic poetry. Covering the period roughly of 500-1250 CE, this volume features original translations and illuminating discussions of a number of major classical Arabic poems from a variety of genres.

      Trade Review
      Even for more advanced students and scholars, the poems juxtaposed to the historical context offer a useful framework for thinking about poetry and history together over a wide range of space and time. This innovative work should provoke much discussion among Arabic and Middle Eastern literature scholars. Provides readable and sensible essays on the poems, giving ample and illuminating attention to their backgrounds One of the most important books to have been written in the field in a very long time. . . . Farrin is not only a conscientious scholar, but also a very refined and sensitive literary critic.

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