The Vagaries of the Qasidah

A study of the tradition and practice of early Arabic poetry, this book provides an investigation of the multiple versions of early poems that exist in various Abbasid collections. It offers a corrective to the more exaggerated claims concerning this poetry and revises some hitherto fundamental attitudes by advancing an individual philologically-driven vision of the period.

About the author

James E. Montgomery is The Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at Fellow of Trinity Hall, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: J. E. Montgomery, J. E. Montgomery, James Montgomery
• Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2015
• EAN: 9781909724525
• ISBN: 978-1-909724-52-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies; Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Stu; Gibb Memorial Trust
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous