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1 online resource |
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Library of Arabic literature |
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Library of Arabic literature.
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| Contents |
Table of Contents; Letter from the General Editor; Introduction; Map of Northeastern Arabia; Map of Central Najd Around Sudayr and Al-Washm; Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; Arabian Satire; Poem 1; Poem 2; Poem 3; Poem 4; Poem 5; Poem 6; Poem 7; Poem 8; Poem 9; Poem 10; Poem 11; Poem 12; Poem 13; Poem 14; Poem 15; Poem 16; Poem 17; Poem 18; Poem 19; Poem 20; Poem 21; Poem 22; Poem 23; Poem 24; Poem 25; Poem 26; Poem 27; Poem 28; Poem 29; Poem 30; Poem 31; Poem 32; Poem 33; Poem 34; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Reading |
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Index of Poems, Editions, and Manuscripts Used for this EditionIndex; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About this E-book; Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature; About the Editor-Translator |
| Summary |
This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early 18th century. A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija), Hmedan was acerbic in his criticisms of society and its morals, voiced in in a poetic idiom that is widely referred to as "Nabati," here a mix of Najdi vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating back to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Hmedan is mostly concerned with worldly matters, and addresses these in different guises: as the patriarch at the helm of the family boat and its unruly crew; as a picaresque anti-hero who revels in taking potshots at the established order, its hypocrisy, and its moral failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no avail and with no guarantee of success; and as a poet recording in verse how he thinks things ought to be. The poems in Arabian Satire reveal a plucky, headstrong, yet intensely socially committed figure--representative of the traditional Najdi ethos--who infuses his verse with proverbs, maxims, and words of wisdom expressed plainly and conversationally. Hmedan is accordingly "ed by historians of the Gulf region and in anthologies of popular sayings. This is the first full translation of this remarkable poet |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English and Arabic |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Verse satire, Arabic -- Arabian Peninsula -- Translations into English
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Verse satire, Arabic
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Arabian Peninsula
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poetry.
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Translations
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Poetry
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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Electronic book
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Kurpershoek, P. M., editor translator
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Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century.
Poems. Selections. English.
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Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century.
Poems. Selections
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الشويعر، حميدان،, كان حيا القرن ال-18. شعر. مختارات |
| LC no. |
2017025519 |
| ISBN |
9781479811199 |
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147981119X |
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9781479818730 |
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1479818739 |
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