Arabian Satire : : Poetry from 18th-Century Najd / / Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir.
Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisiesA master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hijāʾ), the poet Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir was an acerbic critic of his society and its morals. Living in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula, Ḥmēdān wrote in an idiom wid...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 2 maps |
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