Overview
This study deals with the most radical of the badīʿ (""novel"") poets of the ʿAbbāsid period, Abū Tammām. After a critique of classical badīʿ theory it proposes a redefinition of the new poetry as an exegetical metapoesis and on that basis provides analyses, accompanied by original translations, of five of Abū Tammām's most celebrated political odes and of extensive selections from his renowned anthology, the Ḥamāsah.
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Author: Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Weight: 0.650kg
ISBN: 9789004425514
ISBN 10: 9004425519
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 06 February 2020
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Format: Paperback
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Reviews
'...a pioneering effort... This is a very important book and will be required reading for everyone interested in Abu Tammam and Abbasid poetry in general.' International Journal of Middle East Studies, 25. '...eine scharfsinnige und kenntnisreiche Studie, die unser Verstandnis der Abbasidendichtung wesentlich foerdert.' Renate Jacobi, Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften, 1993. '...a mature work free from triviality and graced with a wealth of intelligent explanatory notes.' J. Derek Latham, Journal of Semitic Studies, 1992. '...stimulating and neatly produced monograph...original...' Geert Jan van Gelder, TLS, 1992. 'Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui contient plusieurs idees interessantes, des points de vue originaux, des formulations heureuses d'idees...' Lidia Bettini, Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques, 1994. 'This book by Stetkevych is very stimulating and thought provoking.' A. Schippers, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1995. 'Suzanne Stetkevych's book is a landmark study and an outstanding scholarly achievement.' Peter Heath , Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1996.
...a pioneering effort... This is a very important book and will be required reading for everyone interested in Abu Tammam and Abbasid poetry in general. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 25. ...eine scharfsinnige und kenntnisreiche Studie, die unser Verstandnis der Abbasidendichtung wesentlich foerdert. Renate Jacobi, Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften, 1993. ...a mature work free from triviality and graced with a wealth of intelligent explanatory notes. J. Derek Latham, Journal of Semitic Studies, 1992. ...stimulating and neatly produced monograph...original... Geert Jan van Gelder, TLS, 1992. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui contient plusieurs idees interessantes, des points de vue originaux, des formulations heureuses d'idees... Lidia Bettini, Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques, 1994. This book by Stetkevych is very stimulating and thought provoking. A. Schippers, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1995. Suzanne Stetkevych's book is a landmark study and an outstanding scholarly achievement. Peter Heath , Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1996.
Author Information
Suzanne P. Stetkevych is Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, Executive Editor of the book series Brill Studies in Middle East Literatures and co-winner of the Shaikh Zayed Book Award for Cultural Personality of the Year 2019. She received her Ph.D. in 1981 in Classical Arabic Literature from the University of Chicago. She has published in the International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Semitic Studies and others.
