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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463363103321

Autore

Ali Samer M

Titolo

Arabic literary salons in the Islamic Middle Ages [[electronic resource] ] : poetry, public performance, and the presentation of the past / / Samer M. Ali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010

ISBN

0-268-07497-6

0-268-07465-8

Descrizione fisica

xi, 294 p

Collana

Poetics of orality and literacy

Disciplina

892.7/13409

Soggetti

Arabic poetry - 750-1258 - History and criticism

Salons - Islamic Empire

Oral tradition - Islamic Empire

Electronic books.

Islamic Empire Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Literary salons : outlines of a topic. Literary salons : from ancient symposion to Arabic mujālasat -- Adab principles of artistic speech in assembly -- Poetry performance and the reinterpreting of tradition -- The mujālasat as forum for reception. The poetics of sin and redemption : performing value and canonicity -- Al-Buhṭurī's īwān kisrā ode: canonic value and folk literacy in the mujālasat -- Singing Samarra (861-956) : poetry, reception, and the reproduction of literary value in historical narrative -- Conclusion.