Description in classical Arabic poetry [[electronic resource] ] : waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / / by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi

• Autore: Sumi Akiko Motoyoshi
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, MA, : Brill, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 892.7/1009
• Soggetto topico: Arabic poetry - History and criticism; Ekphrasis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 CitedIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Description in classical Arabic poetry
• ISBN: 1-280-46713-4; 9786610467136; 1-4175-1047-1; 90-474-0187-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455819503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II