Early Arabic poetry : select poems / edition, translation, and commentary by Alan Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Alan, 1933-

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--To 622--Translations into English.

Arabic poetry.

Arabic poetry--To 622--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry--622-750--Translations into English.

Arabic poetry--622-750--History and criticism.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiv, 566 pages : map ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Reading : Ithaca Press, 2011.

Summary:

This volume combines the two volumes of Early Arabic Poetry originally published by Jones (retired, classical Arabic, U. of Oxford, UK) in 1992 and 1996. The monograph provides students with an understanding of early Arabic poems through translation and detailed linguistic and aesthetic analysis of examples of two key genres: laments and poems by outlaws and famous odes. A new introduction discussing the key issues of studying early Arabic poetry--origins and form, language formulae, transmission, authenticity, meter, and genre--has been added to this new edition. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

"This new edition of Early Arabic poetry combines the two volumes first published in 1992 and 1996, bringing them together with a new foreword and introduction by Professor Jones ... "--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xiv).

ISBN:

9780863723872

086372387X

OCLC:

738344535