How do you say "epigram" in Arabic? : literary history at the limits of comparison / by Adam Talib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talib, Adam, author.

Series:

Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures

Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; volume 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epigrams, Arabic--History and criticism.

Epigrams, Arabic.

Arabic poetry--1258-1800--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Arabic poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

XII, 337 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

"The qaṣīdah and the qiṭʿah are well known to scholars of classical Arabic literature, but the maqṭūʿ, a form of poetry that emerged in the thirteenth century and soon became ubiquitous, is as obscure today as it was once popular. These poems circulated across the Arabo-Islamic world for some six centuries in speech, letters, inscriptions, and, above all, anthologies. Drawing on more than a hundred unpublished and published works, How Do You Say 'Epigram' in Arabic? is the first study of this highly popular and adaptable genre of Arabic poetry. By addressing this lacuna, the book models an alternative comparative literature, one in which the history of Arabic poetry has as much to tell us about epigrams as does Greek"--back cover.

Contents:

Preamble: growth and graft

On wholeness. A bounding line

The sum of its parts

Arabic poetry, Greek terminology. Epigrams in the world

Hegemonic presumptions and atomic fallout

Epigrams in parallax.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Talib, Adam author. How do you say "epigram" in Arabic?

ISBN:

9789004349964

9004349960

OCLC:

1000150695