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The Modern Poets (Ṭabaqāt al-shuʿarāʾ al-muḥdathīn) / Abd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz ; edited by Geert Jan van Gelder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- al-Muʿtazz, Abd Allāh ibn, author.
- Series:
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 196.
- Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 196
- Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classical Studies.
- Literature and Cultural Studies.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (580 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Modern Poets is the first complete translation into any language of an important and entertaining anthology compiled by the famous Arabic poet and Abbasid prince, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz, who reigned as Caliph in Baghdad for one day in AD 908, before being killed the next day. It contains sections on 132 8th- and 9th-century Arabic poets, famous and obscure ones, quoting poems of many kinds: praise poems, love poems, wine poems, elegies, vicious lampoons, and jesting epigrams, with many anecdotes. The translation is richly annotated, preceded by an introduction, and provided with indexes. The book offers access to a central text in Arabic literary history and a compelling window into early Abbasid culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-75258-7
- 9789004752580
- OCLC:
- 1581929286
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004752580 DOI
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