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The poetics of Islamic legitimacy : myth, gender, and ceremony in the classical Arabic ode

Title
The poetics of Islamic legitimacy : myth, gender, and ceremony in the classical Arabic ode / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych.
Author
Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney.
Publication
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2002.

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Description
xvi, 383 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Qasidas > History and criticism
  • Arabic poetry > 622-750 > History and criticism
  • Arabic poetry > 750-1258 > History and criticism
  • Politics in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-370) and index.
Language (note)
  • Arabic and English.
Contents
Transgression and redemption: cuckolding the King, al-Na⁻bighah al-Dhubyn and the pre-Islamic royal ode -- Transmission and submission: praising the Prophet, Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr and the Islamic ode -- Celebration and restoration: praising the caliph, al-Akhṭal and the Umayyad victory ode -- Supplication and negotiation: the client outraged, al-Akhṭal and the supplicatory ode -- Political dominion as sexual domination, Ab⁻u al-ʻAt⁻ahiyah, Ab⁻u Tamm⁻am, and the poetics of power -- The poetics of political allegiance, praise and blame in three odes by al-Mutanabb⁻i -- The poetics of ceremony and the competition for legitimacy, al-Muhannad al-Baghd⁻ad⁻i, Muḥammad ibn Shukhayṣ, Ibn Darra⁻j al-Qasall⁻i, and the Andalusian ode.
Call Number
*OFC 02-8908
ISBN
  • 0253341191 (alk. paper)
  • 0253215366 (pbk.)
LCCN
2001008295
OCLC
48649785
Author
Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney.
Title
The poetics of Islamic legitimacy : myth, gender, and ceremony in the classical Arabic ode / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych.
Imprint
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-370) and index.
Language
Arabic and English.
Research Call Number
*OFC 02-8908
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