Patronage and Poetry in the Islamic World - Social Mobility Status in Medieval Middle East Central Asia

Informationen zum Autor Jocelyn Sharlet is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California! Davis! and holds a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. Panegyric poetry, in both Arabic and Persian, was one of the most important genres of literature in the medieval Middle East and Central Asia. This is an important contribution to the fields of pre-modern Middle Eastern and Central Asian literature and culture. Zusammenfassung Panegyric poetry, in both Arabic and Persian, was one of the most important genres of literature in the medieval Middle East and Central Asia. This is an important contribution to the fields of pre-modern Middle Eastern and Central Asian literature and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The Rhetoric of Patronage: Building PossibilitiesChapter 2: Panegyric Discourse: Elaborating on PossibilitiesChapter 3: Awareness of Patronage Relationships in Panegyric PoetryChapter 4: Connections of InteractionChapter 5: Uncertainty and Flexibility in PatronageChapter 6: Flexibility and Social Mobility in Patronage

Product details

• Authors: Jocelyn Sharlet
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2011
• EAN: 9781848853690
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-369-0
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Library of Middle East History; Library of Middle East History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous