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| Document Type: | Chapter of a book |
| Title: | Labid, al-Nabigha, al-Akhtal, and the orynx / Philip F. Kennedy. |
| Author: | Kennedy, Philip F. |
| Notes: | Includes author's translation of some verses from Labid's Lamiyya and al-Akhtal's Lamiyya, and Beeston's translation of some verses from Labid's mu'allaqa. |
| Summary: | Examines al-Akhtal's use of the orynx tableau with reference to two earlier poets, Labid and al-Nabigha. |
| Author as Subject: | al-Akhtal, Ghiyath ibn Ghawth, ca. 640-ca. 710Labid, d. ca. 661al-Nabigha, 6th cent.al-A'sha, Maymun ibn Qays, d. ca. 629al-Mutalammis, 6th cent.Suwayd ibn Abi Kahil, 7th cent..Muraqqish the elder, 6th cent.Ibn Abi Khazim, Bishr, ca. 511-ca. 598 Aws ibn Hajar, 6th cent. |
| Descriptors: | Poetry, Ancient -- Artifice Poetry, Ancient -- Orynx Poetry, Ancient Poetry, Umawi Poetry, Ancient -- Long poem Travelling Ruins Wasf al-naqa Wine poems Fakhr Aphorism Imitation |
| Source: | Arabicus Felix : luminosus Britannicus ; essays in honour of A.F.L. Beeston. (1991), p. 74-89 |
| Source Type: | Book |
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