{"product_id":"the-mute-immortals-speak-preislamic-poetry-and-the-poetics-of-ritual-9780801480461","title":"The Mute Immortals Speak  PreIslamic Poetry and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mute Immortals Speak \u003c\/i\u003ewill be important for students and scholars in the fields of Middle Eastern literatures, Islamic studies, folklore, oral literature...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Mute Immortals Speak will be of interest to anyone seriously interested in Islam. It should also engage a wide, interdisciplinary audience through its demonstration that at the heart of the qasidah and its satellite genres is a central human dilemma involving human identity, conflict, belonging, and community.\"-International Journal of Middle East Studies \"In this analysis of the great Arabic language classics, the pre-Islamic ode, or qasidah, Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych ventures into such various fields as anthropology, religion, gender studies, history, philology, and folklore to augment her effectiveness as a literary theorist. Combining insights gleaned using the tools of these many disciplines, she has produced a brilliantly original and thought provoking analysis... By giving voice to the mute immortals, Stetkevych has made these pre-Islamic masterworks accessible to a wider readership. In shedding much-needed light on these poems, the ethos of which has suffused the Arabic literary tradition since the beginning of Islam, Stetkevych has opened a door to understanding the Arab world.\"-American Anthropologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Gregory Nagy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE: PRESENTING THE RITUAL PARADIGM\u003cbr\u003e1. Voicing the Mute Immortals: \u003cem\u003eThe Mu'allaqah of Labid\u003c\/em\u003e and the Rite of Passage\u003cbr\u003e2. Eating the Dead \/ The Dead Eating: Blood Vengeance as Sacrifice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TWO: THE PARADIGM OF PASSAGE MANQUÈ\u003cbr\u003e3. Ta'abbata Sharran and Oedipus: A Paradigm of Passage Manqué\u003cbr\u003e4. Archetype and Attribution: AI-Shanfara and the \u003cem\u003eLamiyyat\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eal-'Arab\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART THREE: ORALITY AND GENDER IN THE ELEGY\u003cbr\u003e5. The Obligations and Poetics of Gender: Women's Elegy and Blood Vengeance\u003cbr\u003e6. Memory Inflamed: Muhalhil ibn Rabi'ah and the War of al-Basus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART FOUR: THE MASTER POEM\u003cbr\u003e7. Regicide and Retribution: \u003cem\u003eThe Mu'allaqah of Imru' al-Qays\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix of Arabic Texts\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405161505111,"sku":"9780801480461","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mute-immortals-speak-preislamic-poetry-and-the-poetics-of-ritual-9780801480461","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}