Identification and Identity in Classical Arab Poetry (Hardcover)

Hardcover. In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations. This study investigates the characteristic poetic roles found in the works of thirty seven poets dating from the pre-Islamic to the Abbasid period, to which are added specimens of Spanish Arabic lyric poetry and the popular poetry of Baghdad. In early Arabic poetry, poets mostly speak in the first person - a point which sets their tradition apart from most other civilisations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.