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Document Type:Book
Title:The vagaries of the qasidah : the tradition and practice of early Arabic poetry / James E. Montgomery.
Author: Montgomery, J.E.
Publisher: Warminster, Wilts. : E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 1997.
Pages:vi, 296 p.
ISBN:0906094356
Notes:al-Shanfara's Mufaddaliyya translation based on Alan Jones's translation in Early Arabic Poetry, v. 1, with some modifications by the author.Includes indexes.
Bibliographic Note:Bibliography: p.260-271.
Author as Subject: ibn 'Abada, 'Alqama, mid-6th cent.ibn Abi Khazim, Bishr, d. ca. 600al-'Asha, bef. 565-629Ibn Thabit, Hassan, d. prob. before 661al-Shanfara, d. ca. 550
Descriptors: Translated poems Poetry, Ancient Nasib Poetry, Ancient -- Ruins Travelling Camel Poetry, Ancient -- Aim Poetry, Ancient -- Short poem Transmitter Vagabond Poetry -- Mixed-age poets Transition Satire Translated terms Poetry, Ancient -- Artifice
Series: 1
Location: SOAS, Univ. of London. P892.711/ /797911
 

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