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| Document Type: | Book |
| Title: | Qasida poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa : volume two: Eulogy's bounty, meaning's abundance: an anthology / edited by Stefan Sperl, Christopher Shackle; consultant to the editors, Nicholas Awde. |
| Added Author: | Sperl, Stefan Shackle, C. |
| Publisher: | Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1996. |
| Pages: | xiv, 523 p. |
| Notes: | (c) 1996 by E.J. Brill, Leiden, The NetherlandsIncludes 12 translated poems with parallel Arabic/English textIncludes glossary and indexes. |
| Bibliographic Note: | Bibliography: p.477-481. |
| Contents: | Introduction / Stefan Sperl and Christopher Shackle ( "The evolution of the qasida" ; "Determinants of the qasida genre") -- Qasidas: Self-Praise and remembrance of youth/ 'Abid b. al-Abras (sixth century), translated by Renate Jacobi -- In praise of al-Qa'qa' b. Ma'bad / al-Musayyab b. 'Alas (sixth century), translated by Renate Jacobi |
| Descriptors: | Translated terms Poetry, Ancient -- Long poem |
| Series: | XX/II |
| Location: | Oriental Inst., Oxford. OIL PJ 7641 SPE |
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