Arabian Satire : : Poetry from 18th-Century Najd / / Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir; ed. by Marcel Kurpershoek.
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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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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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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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