Beyond Elegy - Classical Arabic Women's Poetry in Context

Klappentext Classical Arabic literature has a rich tradition of women's poetry-and of lamentation for the dead in particular. This volume contextualises this corpus by examining its favourable reception in the literary canon, its uncanny resemblance to an analogous male-authored 'heroic' poetic corpus, and its relationship to other genres of women's verse. Zusammenfassung Classical Arabic literature has a rich tradition of women's poetry-and of lamentation for the dead in particular. This volume contextualises this corpus by examining its favourable reception in the literary canon, its uncanny resemblance to an analogous male-authored 'heroic' poetic corpus, and its relationship to other genres of women's verse.

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• Authors: Marl´e ( Hammond, Marle Hammond, Marlé Hammond, Marle ( Hammond, Marle (Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature and Culture Hammond
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2010
• EAN: 9780197264720
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726472-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Arabic, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets