About this nonfiction
The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn al-Ḥajjāj and Sukhf by Sinan Antoon (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context. Erscheinungsdatum: 27.02.2014
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sinan Antoon (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781349453610
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Anthropology, Literary Criticism