Can I read The Life and Times of Abū Tammām (Library of Arabic Literature Book 43) on EtoBox?

The Life and Times of Abū Tammām (Library of Arabic Literature Book 43) by Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī; Beatrice Gruendler; Terence Cave is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Life and Times of Abū Tammām (Library of Arabic Literature Book 43) about?

A robust defense of a poetic genius Abu Tammam (d. 231 or 232/845 or 846) is one of the most celebrated poets in the Arabic language. Born in Syria to Greek Christian parents, he converted to Islam and quickly made his name as one of the premier Arabic poets in the caliphal court of Baghdad, promoting a new style of poetry that merged abstract and complex imagery with archaic Bedouin language. Both highly controversial and extremely popular, this sophisticated verse influenced all subsequent poetry in Arabic and epitomized the "modern style" (badi'), an avant-garde aesthetic that was very much in step with the intellectual, artistic, and cultural vibrancy of the Abbasid dynasty. In The Life and Times of Abu Tammam, translated into English for the first time, the courtier and scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Suli (d. 335 or 336/946 or 947) mounts a robust defense of "modern" poetry and of Abu Tammam's significance as a poet against his detractors, while...

Who reads The Life and Times of Abū Tammām (Library of Arabic Literature Book 43)?

Author

Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī; Beatrice Gruendler; Terence Cave

Publisher

New York University Press Project MUSE

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781479868025

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Collections, History