Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry : Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption.

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Author / Creator:Gruendler, Beatrice.
Imprint:Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (702 pages)
Language:English
Series:Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303530
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ISBN:9781317832362
1317832361
Notes:Conclusion: Dramaturgy as a rhetoric of ethics.
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Summary:This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials, and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and even to threat.
Other form:Print version: Gruendler, Beatrice. Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry : Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780700714902