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| Document Type: | Chapter of a book |
| Title: | Guises of the ghul : dissembling simile and semantic overflow in the classical Arabic nasib / Jaroslav Stetkevych. |
| Author: | Sells, Michael Anthony |
| Notes: | Includes translation of 1 complete nasib (21 verses) and sections from 7 additional nasibs.All translations followed by Arabic transliteration. |
| Summary: | Examines the simile within the nasib, the first section of the qasida. Includes discussion of Renate Jacobi's qasida theory. |
| Author as Subject: | 'Alqama ibn 'Abada, 6th cent.'Antara ibn Shaddad, 6th cent.Ka'ab ibn Zuhayr, 7th cent.Tarafa, mid. 6th cent.Muraqqish al-Asghar, 6th cent.Labid, d. ca. 661al-Shanfara, d. ca. 550Dhu al-Rumma, Ghaylan ibn 'Uqba, 696-735 |
| Descriptors: | Ancient poetry Nasib Poetry, Ancient -- Long poem Wasf=Description Characterisation Simile Tashbih Poetry, Ancient -- Anthologies -- Mufaddaliyat Za'n=Motif of the beloved and her tribe departure Poetry, Ancient -- Motifs -- Waking Mu'allaqat Translated terms |
| Source: | Reorientations/Arabic and Persian poetry. (1994), p. 130-164 |
| Source Type: | Book |
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