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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810620203321

Autore

Stetkevych Suzanne Pinckney

Titolo

The mantle odes : Arabic praise poems to the Prophet Muhammad / / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010

ISBN

9786612818288

9781282818286

1282818287

9780253004512

0253004519

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

892.7/1009351

Soggetti

Laudatory poetry, Arabic - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes passages translated into English.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr and the mantle of the Prophet -- al-Būṣīrī and the dream of the mantle -- Aḥmad Shawqī and the reweaving of the mantle -- Conclusion : Umm Kulthūm, al-Qaraḍāwī, and Nahj al-Burdah.

Sommario/riassunto

Three of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. Over the centuries, they have informed the poetic and religious life of the Arab and Islamic worlds. Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych places her original translations of the poems within the odes' broader cultural context. By highlighting their transformative power as speech acts and their ritual function as gift exchanges, this book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader.