02617nam 2200589Ia 450 991081062020332120200520144314.01-282-81828-797866128182880-253-00451-9(CKB)2670000000033282(OCoLC)657649998(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402781(SSID)ssj0000422652(PQKBManifestationID)11282642(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422652(PQKBWorkID)10432362(PQKB)11593513(MiAaPQ)EBC557033(OCoLC)654029489(MdBmJHUP)muse17029(Au-PeEL)EBL557033(CaPaEBR)ebr10402781(CaONFJC)MIL281828(EXLCZ)99267000000003328220091124d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe mantle odes Arabic praise poems to the Prophet Muhammad /Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Press20101 online resource (330 p.)Includes passages translated into English.0-253-22206-0 0-253-35487-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Laudatory poetry, ArabicHistory and criticismLaudatory poetry, ArabicHistory and criticism.892.7/1009351Stetkevych Suzanne Pinckney660686MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810620203321The mantle odes3949744UNINA