Desert Tracings: Six Classic Arabian Odes by 'Alqama, Shanfara, Labid, 'Antara, Al-A'Sha, and Dhu Al-Rumma: Wesleyan Poetry in Translation
Autor Alqamah Ibn Abadah Traducere de Michael A. Sellsen Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 1989
As Michael Sells writes in his introduction, the qasidahas been overshadowed in the West by other Arabic literature, such as The Arabian Nights, but the qasidais the primary literary tradition in both pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia. The remarkable richness of language and range of mood captured in theses translations help explain their enduring fascination.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780819511584
ISBN-10: 0819511587
Pagini: 87
Dimensiuni: 142 x 230 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Trans. from the
Editura: Wesleyan
Seria Wesleyan Poetry in Translation
ISBN-10: 0819511587
Pagini: 87
Dimensiuni: 142 x 230 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Trans. from the
Editura: Wesleyan
Seria Wesleyan Poetry in Translation
Notă biografică
MICHAEL A. SELLS was graduated from Gonzaga University in Washington (A.B. 1971) and from the University of Chicago (Ph.D. 1982). He was Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellow in the humanities at Stanford from 1982 to 1984. Since 1984 he has been assistant professor of Islam and comparative religions at Haverford College. He has been poetry editor of the Chicago Review. His home is in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Descriere
A skillful translation of six classical odes of pre-Islamic Arabia.