02708nam 2200613Ia 450 991045581950332120200520144314.01-280-46713-497866104671361-4175-1047-190-474-0187-5(CKB)111090529277010(EBL)253718(OCoLC)191039332(SSID)ssj0000137049(PQKBManifestationID)11152589(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137049(PQKBWorkID)10088114(PQKB)10892308(MiAaPQ)EBC253718(Au-PeEL)EBL253718(CaPaEBR)ebr10089114(CaONFJC)MIL46713(OCoLC)55702458(EXLCZ)9911109052927701020030627d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDescription in classical Arabic poetry[electronic resource] waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory /by Akiko Motoyoshi SumiLeiden ;Boston, MA Brill20031 online resource (276 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-04-12922-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One: Contest as Ceremony: A Pre-Islamic Poetic Contest in Horse Description of Imru' al-Qays vs. 'Alqamahal-Fahl; Chapter Two: Remedy and Resolution: Bees and Honey-Gathering in Two Hudhalī Odes; Chapter Three: Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbāsid Poetry of Abu Nuwās and al-Buhturī; Chapter Four: Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumī's Singing Slave-Girl; Chapter Five: Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric; Conclusion; Appendix of Arabic TextsWorks CitedIndexThis work deals with ""wasf"" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the ""qasidah"" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic ""qasidah"" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees and honey-gathering.Arabic poetryHistory and criticismEkphrasisElectronic books.Arabic poetryHistory and criticism.Ekphrasis.892.7/1009Sumi Akiko Motoyoshi893222MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455819503321Description in classical Arabic poetry1994986UNINA