Early Arabic Poetry
As is often the case with oral literature, we know nothing of the origins of Arabic poetry. The first surviving pieces, from the beginning of the sixth century, are fully developed, and the period from then till the second quarter of the seventh century was remarkable for the amount and quality of the poetry that was composed. In later times it was acknowledged as the zenith of Arabic poetic composition, notable for its many masterpieces. Learning to appreciate this early poetry is difficult, for a range of reasons: it is the work of people of a very alien milieu - the great composers were camel-dependant nomads; it has an extraordinarily ric…
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- ISBN: 978-0-86372-555-5
- EAN: 9780863725555
- Produktnummer: 20006330
- Verlag: Garnet Publishing (UK) Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 580 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 48'675 KB
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Alan Jones taught at Arabic, Turkish and Islamic Studies at Oxford from 1957 to 2000, when he retired from his post as Professor of Classical Arabic. Amongst his special interests are pre-Islamic poetry, the Qur'an, and the early growth of Islamic studies. He has also published key works on the poetry of Muslim Spain. His translation of the Qur'an was published in 2007.
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