The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry : Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Oriental Monographs
ISBN-10
0198263929
ISBN-13
9780198263920
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 14th, 1997
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
546 grams
Dimensions
14.70 x 22.30 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalLiterary studies: poetry & poets
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This book traces the history of classical Arabic wine poetry from its origins in the sixth century to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of the ninth century. The focus is on the wine songs of the great Abú Nuwás (d. c.813) whose compositions are analysed within the context of the various related genres of classical Arabic poetry.
The classical period of Arab civilization produced the most extensive and highly developed bacchic tradition in world literature, In this book, the author traces the history of classical Arabic wine poetry from its origins in sixth century Arabia to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of the ninth century. The focus is on the greatest and perhaps most likeable of Arabic poets, Abú Nuwás. Although wine poetry is only one of the many genres for which he is known, it is the one that has ensured his fame, and the one on which this book concentrates. The wine songs of the poet are analysed and their connections with poetics, ethics, and religion are explored. The author also puts Abú Nuwás in perspective by comparing him with his most important predecessors and contemporaries and by discussing his interaction with other poetic genres such as amatory, invective, ascetic, or gnomic verse.
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