The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abū Nuwās and the Literary Tradition
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Classical Arab civilization produced the most extensive and highly developed bacchic tradition in world literature, In this book, Kennedy traces the history of wine poetry from its origins in sixth century Arabia to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of the ninth century. He focusses on the work of the great Abū Nuwās (d. c.813), placing his wine songs in context with those of his contemporaries and with other poetic genres such as amatory,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198263929
ISBN13:9780198263920
Release Date:November 1997
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:316 Pages
Weight:1.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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