The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition
Classical Arab civilization produced the most extensive and highly developed bacchic tradition in world literature, In this book, Kennedy traces the history of wine poetry from its origins in sixth century Arabia to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of the ninth century. He focusses on the work of the great Abū Nuwās (d. c.813), placing his wine songs in context with those of his contemporaries and with other poetic genres such as amatory, invective, ascetic, and gnomic verse.
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The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition
Classical Arab civilization produced the most extensive and highly developed bacchic tradition in world literature, In this book, Kennedy traces the history of wine poetry from its origins in sixth century Arabia to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of the ninth century. He focusses on the work of the great Abū Nuwās (d. c.813), placing his wine songs in context with those of his contemporaries and with other poetic genres such as amatory, invective, ascetic, and gnomic verse.
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The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition

The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition

by Philip F. Kennedy
The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition

The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition

by Philip F. Kennedy

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Classical Arab civilization produced the most extensive and highly developed bacchic tradition in world literature, In this book, Kennedy traces the history of wine poetry from its origins in sixth century Arabia to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of the ninth century. He focusses on the work of the great Abū Nuwās (d. c.813), placing his wine songs in context with those of his contemporaries and with other poetic genres such as amatory, invective, ascetic, and gnomic verse.

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ISBN-13: 9780198263920
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/13/1997
Series: Oxford Oriental Monographs
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 316
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.88(d)
Lexile: 1350L (what's this?)

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