Description in classical Arabic poetry : wasf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sumi, Akiko Motoyoshi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Ekphrasis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work deals with ""wasf"" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the ""qasidah"" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic ""qasidah"" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees and honey-gathering.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One: Contest as Ceremony: A Pre-Islamic Poetic Contest in Horse Description of Imru' al-Qays vs. 'Alqamahal-Fahl; Chapter Two: Remedy and Resolution: Bees and Honey-Gathering in Two Hudhalī Odes; Chapter Three: Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbāsid Poetry of Abu Nuwās and al-Buhturī; Chapter Four: Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumī's Singing Slave-Girl; Chapter Five: Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric; Conclusion; Appendix of Arabic Texts; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46713-4

9786610467136

1-4175-1047-1

90-474-0187-5

OCLC:

191039332