War Songs / / ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Shaddād, ʿAntarah ibn,
• MitwirkendeR: Cole, Peter,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cole, Peter.; Montgomery, James E.; Sieburth, Richard.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 41
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Poems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior From the sixth-century highlands of Najd in the Arabian peninsula, on the eve of the advent of Islam, come the strident cries of a legendary warrior and poet. The black outcast son of an Arab father and an Ethiopian slave mother, 'Antarah ibn Shaddad struggled to win the recognition of his father and tribe. He defied social norms and, despite his outcast status, loyally defended his people. 'Antarah captured his tumultuous life in uncompromising poetry that combines flashes of tenderness with blood-curdling violence. His war songs are testaments to his life-long battle to win the recognition of his people and the hand of 'Ablah, the free-born woman he loved but who was denied him by her family. War Songs presents the poetry attributed to 'Antarah and includes a selection of poems taken from the later Epic of 'Antar, a popular story-cycle that continues to captivate and charm Arab audiences to this day with tales of its hero’s titanic feats of strength and endurance. 'Antarah’s voice resonates here, for the first time in vibrant, contemporary English, intoning its eternal truths: commitment to one’s beliefs, loyalty to kith and kin, and fidelity in love.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Letter from the General Editor -- About this Paperback -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- Maps -- Map 1: The Tribes of Pre-Islamic Arabia [c. ad 600] -- Map 2: The Topography of the Poetry of ʿAntarah -- Notes to the Introduction -- Al-Aṣmaʿī’s Redaction -- Two Qasidas from Ibn Maymūn’s Anthology -- Poems from al-Baṭalyawsī’s Recension -- Poems from The Epic of ʿAntar -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- Glossary -- Concordance of Principal Editions -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Translators -- The Library of Arabic Literature