Description
Book SynopsisOpens the beauty and power of Arabic poetic masterpieces to Western readers.
Trade Review" ... transcends the realm of literature and poetic criticism to include virtually every field of Arabic and Islamic studies." -Roger Allen
Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Transgression and Redemption: Cuckolding the King
Al-N~bighah al-Dhuby~n and the Pre-Islamic Royal Ode
2. Transmission and Submission: Praising the Prophet
KaÄb ibn Zuhayr and the Islamic Ode
3. Celebration and Restoration: Praising the Caliph
Al-Akhal and the Umayyad Victory Ode
4. Supplication and Negotiation: The Client Outraged
Al-Akhal and the Supplicatory Ode
5. Political Dominion as Sexual Domination
Abã al-ÄAt~hiyah, Abã Tamm~m and the Poetics of Power
6. The Poetics of Political Allegiance
Praise and Blame in Three Odes by al-Mutanabb
7. The Poetics of Ceremony and the Competition for Legitimacy
Al-Muhannad al-Baghd~d, Muammad ibn Shukhhay, Ibn Darr~j al-Qasall and the Andalusian Ode
Appendix of Arabic Texts
Notes
Works Cited
Index
