The mantle odes : Arabic praise poems to the Prophet Muhammad / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laudatory poetry, Arabic--History and criticism.

Laudatory poetry, Arabic.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--In literature.

Muḥammad.

Kab ibn Zuhayr--Criticism and interpretation.

Kab ibn Zuhayr.

Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?--Criticism and interpretation.

Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd.

Shawqī, Aḥmad, 1868-1932--Criticism and interpretation.

Shawqī, Aḥmad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Three of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. Over the centuries, they have informed the poetic and religious life of the Arab and Islamic worlds. Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych places her original translations of the poems within the odes' broader cultural context. By highlighting their transformative power as speech acts and their ritual function as gift exchanges, this book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader.

Contents:

Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr and the mantle of the Prophet

al-Būṣīrī and the dream of the mantle

Aḥmad Shawqī and the reweaving of the mantle

Conclusion : Umm Kulthūm, al-Qaraḍāwī, and Nahj al-Burdah.

Notes:

Includes passages translated into English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612818288

9781282818286

1282818287

9780253004512

0253004519

OCLC:

657649998