Arabian Satire : : Poetry from 18th-Century Najd /

Arabian Satire : : Poetry from 18th-Century Najd / / Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir; ed. by Marcel Kurpershoek.

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This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early eighteenth century.A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija'), Hmedan was ac...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
al-Shwēʿir, Ḥmēdān,
HerausgeberIn:
Kurpershoek, Marcel,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Library of Arabic Literature ; 49
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Letter from the General Editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Map: Northeastern Arabia
  • Map: Central Najd around Sudayr and al-Washm
  • Note on the Text
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • Arabian Satire
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Further Reading
  • Index of Poems, Editions, and Manuscripts Used for this Edition
  • Index
  • About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
  • About the Typefaces
  • Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
  • About the Editor–Translator

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