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Abundance from the desert : classical Arabic poetry / Raymond Farrin.

By: Series: Middle East literature in translationPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 364 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780815632221 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 892.7/109 22
LOC classification:
  • PJ7543 .F48 2011
Contents:
Triumph of Imru' Al-Qays -- An outcast replies -- Price of glory -- Making the remembrance dear -- Martyr to love -- Flyting -- Pleasure in transgression -- Poetics of persuasion -- Would-be prophet -- Letter to a princess -- Season's greetings -- Ecstasy -- To Egypt with love.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Triumph of Imru' Al-Qays -- An outcast replies -- Price of glory -- Making the remembrance dear -- Martyr to love -- Flyting -- Pleasure in transgression -- Poetics of persuasion -- Would-be prophet -- Letter to a princess -- Season's greetings -- Ecstasy -- To Egypt with love.

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