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Erotica, love and humor in Arabia : spicy stories from the Book of songs by al-Isfahani / Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani ; translated and edited by George Dimitri Sawa.
Van Pelt Library PJ7631 .A2213 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī, 897 or 898-967, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Kitāb al-aghānī. Selections. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Erotic poetry, Arabic--Islamic Empire.
- Erotic poetry, Arabic.
- Sex customs--Islamic Empire.
- Sex customs.
- Sex customs--History--Anecdotes.
- History.
- Islamic Empire.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 162 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The Book of Songs of Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (AD 897-971) is an extensive collection of text from pre-Islam Mecca, Medina, Damascus and Baghdad. This translation presents love stories and poems, anecdotes, satires, erotic encounters, bathroom humor and descriptions of genitalia, sex toys and sex positions, along with stories praising and criticizing both homosexuality and heterosexuality"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476663654
- 1476663653
- OCLC:
- 933590612
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