Desert Travel as a Form of Boasting

A Study of Du r-Rumma's Poetry

von

Papoutsakis, Nefeli

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

Englisch

Harrassowitz Verlagerschienen am01.12.20091., Aufl.

Boasting about one s travels through the desert was a very common topic of self-praise in early Arabic poetry (ca. 500-750). Desert crossing would attest to a man s character, providing evidence of his valour, stamina, industriousness and ambition. The book focuses on desert travel as a self-praise theme in early Arabic poetry and especially in the work of the Umayyad poet Dur-Rumma (ca. 695-735), one of the last great exponents of the Bedouin poetic tradition. It discusses the various motifs associated with desert travelin Dur-Rumma and traces their antecedents in the work of earlier poets. By analyzing the diachronic development of the travel theme and evaluating its place within the poem as a whole, it challenges the widespread view of the Arabic ode (qasida) as a tripartite composition and contributes to a betterunderstanding of early Arabic poetics. For despite the fact that desert travel was a central theme of early poetry, it has never been studied in detail and its purport as a theme of self-praise has not been generally recognized.mehr

Auf dieser Seite:

EUR48,00

In den Warenkorb

Produkt

KlappentextBoasting about one s travels through the desert was a very common topic of self-praise in early Arabic poetry (ca. 500-750). Desert crossing would attest to a man s character, providing evidence of his valour, stamina, industriousness and ambition. The book focuses on desert travel as a self-praise theme in early Arabic poetry and especially in the work of the Umayyad poet Dur-Rumma (ca. 695-735), one of the last great exponents of the Bedouin poetic tradition. It discusses the various motifs associated with desert travelin Dur-Rumma and traces their antecedents in the work of earlier poets. By analyzing the diachronic development of the travel theme and evaluating its place within the poem as a whole, it challenges the widespread view of the Arabic ode (qasida) as a tripartite composition and contributes to a betterunderstanding of early Arabic poetics. For despite the fact that desert travel was a central theme of early poetry, it has never been studied in detail and its purport as a theme of self-praise has not been generally recognized.

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-3-447-06112-4

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Harrassowitz Verlag

ErscheinungslandDeutschland

Erscheinungsjahr2009

Erscheinungsdatum01.12.2009

Auflage1., Aufl.

ReiheArabische Studien

Reihen-Nr.4