Identification and Identity in Classical Arabic Poetry - [Gibb Literary Studies

M. C. Lyons, Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial"

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In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations. This study investigates the characteristic poetic roles found in the works of thirty seven poets dating from the pre-Islamic to the Abbasid period, to which are added specimens of Spanish Arabic lyric poetry and the popular poetry of Baghdad.

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ISBN:	9780906094389
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	31 Jan 1999
DEWEY:	892.71109
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	366
Weight:	657g
Height:	210mm
Width:	149mm
Spine width:	19mm