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Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry: Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption

Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry: Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption

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Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 0415595797
ISBN13: 9780415595797
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 1 2010
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this 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.

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