The cooing of the dove and the cawing of the crow: late 'Abbāsid poetics in Abū al-'Alā' al-Ma'arrī's Saqṭ al-Zand and Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam

"In The Cooing of the Dove and the Cawing of the Crow Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych offers original translations, close readings, and new interpretations of selected poems from the two contrasting diwans of the blind Late Abbasid master-poet, Abu al-Ala al-Ma arri (d. 449 H./1057 C.E.). The first...

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1. Verfasser: Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Arabic
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures volume 43
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Zusammenfassung:"In The Cooing of the Dove and the Cawing of the Crow Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych offers original translations, close readings, and new interpretations of selected poems from the two contrasting diwans of the blind Late Abbasid master-poet, Abu al-Ala al-Ma arri (d. 449 H./1057 C.E.). The first is Saqt al-Zand (Sparks of the Flint), the highly esteemed collection of qasidah poetry of his youth, which he later disavowed. The second is Luzum Ma La Yalzam (Requiring What Is Not Required), the programmatic double-rhymed collection from his later period of withdrawal and seclusion. She argues that the contrasting 'poetics of engagement' and 'poetics of disengagement' of the two diwans reflect the transition from High Classical to Post Classical aesthetics"--
Beschreibung:XVI, 380 Seiten
ISBN:9789004499270

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