The poetics of Islamic legitimacy myth, gender, and ceremony in the classical Arabic ode / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych.
| Author/creator | Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, |
| Description | xvi, 383 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-370) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001008295 |
| ISBN | 0253341191 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0253215366 (pbk.) |
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