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Medieval Arabic praise poetry : Ibn al-Rūmī and the patron's redemption
- Title
- Medieval Arabic praise poetry : Ibn al-Rūmī and the patron's redemption / Beatrice Gruendler.
- Author
- Gruendler, Beatrice, 1964-
- Publication
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
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- Description
- xviii, 347 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This book gives an insight into panegyrics (madih), a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this arabophone multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and even to threat." "Beatrice Gruendler discusses this panegyric genre as represented by Ibn al-Rumi, who dedicated many of his poems to the last Tahirid governor of Baghdad. Ibn al-Rumi's work is ideally suited to this study, as it addresses the issue of literary patronage and provides a self-portrait of the artist and his social position." "This book will be of interest to scholars of comparative literature, anthropology, linguistics, medieval studies and Near Eastern Studies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- RoutledgeCurzon studies in Arabic and Middle-Eastern literatures
- Uniform Title
- RoutledgeCurzon studies in Arabic and Middle-Eastern literatures ; 4.
- Subject
- Ibn al-Rūmī, 836-896 > Criticism and interpretation
- Ibn al-Rūmī, 836-896
- Ibn-ar-Rūmī, ʿAlī Ibn-al-ʿAbbās 836-896
- Ibn al-Rumi, 836-896 > Criticism and interpretation
- Ibn al-Rūmī, ʿAlī b. al-ʿAbbās, 836-896
- Ibn-ar-Rūmī, ʻAlī Ibn-al-ʻAbbās
- 750-1258
- Geschichte 867-890
- Laudatory poetry, Arabic > History and criticism
- Arabic poetry > 750-1258 > History and criticism
- 18.72 classical Arabic language and literature
- Arabic poetry
- Laudatory poetry, Arabic
- Arabisch
- Panegyrikus
- Preisgedicht
- Lofdichten
- Abbasiden
- Arabisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-326) and indexes.
- Contents
- pt. I. Setting in stage -- 1. The background: Poetry and poets in early Abbasid society -- 2. The form: The Abbasid praise qasida -- 3. The approach: Madih and pragmatics -- 4. The protagonists: Ibn al-Rumi and his patron 'Ubaydallah b. 'Abdallah -- 5. The madih exchanged between Ibn al-Rumi and 'Ubaydallah -- pt. II. Speech and characterization -- 6. Speech as action -- 7. The dramatis personae -- pt. III. The dramaturgy -- 8. The scene -- 9. The episode and its witnesses -- 10. 'The passion of him whose parting has grayed is affectation' (L191) -- 11. 'They aimed at my heart from the gaps of veils' (L1042) -- pt. IV. Verbal ornament -- 12. Supporting figures of speech -- 13. Phantasmagoria -- pt. V. Ibn al-Rumi's ethics of patronage -- 14. In the mirror of madih -- 15. Mutual duties and rights of benefactor and protege -- 16. Acts and words between panegyrist and model -- Conclusion: Dramaturgy as a rhetoric of ethics -- App. A. Themes of the qasa'id.
- App. B. Speech acts in the qasa'id -- App. C. Witnesses in the episodes -- App. D. Poetry dedicated to 'Ubaydallah b. 'Abdallah -- App. E. Concordance with Boustany.
- ISBN
- 0700714901
- 9780700714902
- 0415595797
- 9780415595797
- LCCN
- 2002026873
- OCLC
- ocm50143993
- 50143993
- SCSB-1669419
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library