Identification and Identity in Classical Arab Poetry

In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations.

About the author

M. C. Lyons is Emeritus Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic Literature and Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Professor Lyons is the founding editor of the Journal of Arabic Literature and author, editor and translator of several books, the most significant being the three-volume The Arabian Epic (CUP, 1995) and the three-volume edition of The Arabian Nights (Penguin Books, 2008).

Summary

In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations.

Product details

• Authors: M C Lyons, M. C. Lyons
• Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1999
• EAN: 9780906094389
• ISBN: 978-0-906094-38-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Gibb Literary Studies; Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies; Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Stu; Gibb Literary Studies; Gibb Memorial Trust
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous