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Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry Beatrice Gruendler

Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry By Beatrice Gruendler

Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry by Beatrice Gruendler


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Summary

Gruendler gives an insight into panegyrics (madih), a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. It has until now largely escaped scholarly attention.

Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry Summary

Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry: Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption by Beatrice Gruendler

The author is a well-regarded scholar of Near Eastern poetry from Yale University

It is original and in-depth scholarly research into medieval and social contexts

The book puts Arabic praise poetry into its historical and social contexts

It focuses primarily on one point: Ibn al-Rumi, living in medieval Baghdad

About Beatrice Gruendler

Beatrice Gruendler

Table of Contents

Part 1: Setting the Stage 1. Background 2. The Form: The Abbasid Praise Qasida 3. The Approach: Mad'ih and Pragmatics 4. The Protagonists: Ibn al-Rum'i and His Patron, Ubaydall'ah b. Abdall'ah 5. The Mah'ih Exchanged between Ibn al-Rum'i and Ubaydall Part 2: Speech and Characterization 6. Speech as Action 7. The Dramatis Personae Part 3: The Dramaturgy 8. The Scene 9. The Episode and its Witnesses 10. 'The Passion of Him Whose Parting Has Grayed its Affection' Translation of GBP191 11. 'They Aimed at My Heart From the Gaps of Veils' Translation of GBP1042 x Preliminaries Part 4: Verbal Ornament 12. Supporting Figures of Speech 13. Phantasmagoria Part 5: Ibn al-Rum'i's Ethics of Patronage 14. On the Mirror of Mad'ih 15. Mutual Duties and Rights of Benefactor and Protege 16. Acts and Words between Panegyrist and Model Conclusion: Dramaturgy as a Rhetoric of Ethics

Additional information

NPB9780700714902
9780700714902
0700714901
Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry: Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption by Beatrice Gruendler
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2002-11-14
366
N/A
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