Description in classical Arabic poetry : waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi.

This work deals with "wasf" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the "qasidah" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic "qasidah" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees...

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Main Author: Sumi, Akiko Motoyoshi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Series:Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 25.
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