02723oam 2200589Ia 450 991078059470332120231030202918.01-280-46713-497866104671361-4175-1047-190-474-0187-5(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDescription in classical Arabic poetry waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory /Akiko Motoyoshi SumiLeiden ;Boston :Brill,2003.1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrationsDescription 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 Texts; Works Cited; IndexThis 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 criticismEkphrasisArabic poetryHistory and criticism.Ekphrasis.892.7/1009Sumi Akiko Motoyoshi1514877MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780594703321Description in classical Arabic poetry3750321UNINA