Read Online Classical Arabic Begging Poetry and Sakwa, 8th-12th Centuries - Nefeli Papoutsakis file in ePub Online

Read Online Classical Arabic Begging Poetry and Sakwa, 8th-12th Centuries - Nefeli Papoutsakis file in ePub

This monograph traces the history of two little-known and understudied genres of classical Arabic poetry, namely begging and complaint (sakwa) poetry, from their beginnings to the end of the 12th century. The two genres are interrelated and have therefore been studied here in parallel. Begging poems are petitions in verse addressed to a patron and in which the poet poses

Title : Classical Arabic Begging Poetry and Sakwa, 8th-12th Centuries
Author : Nefeli Papoutsakis
Language : en
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