Description: Further DetailsTitle: Arabian RomanticCondition: NewSubtitle: Poems on Bedouin Life and LoveISBN-10: 1479804401EAN: 9781479804405ISBN: 9781479804405Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/06/2020Description: Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth centuryArabian Romantic captures what it was like to live in central Arabia before the imposition of austere norms by the Wahhabi authorities in the early twentieth century: tales of robbery and hot pursuit; perilous desert crossings; scenes of exhaustion and chaos when water is raised from deep wells under harsh conditions; the distress of wounded and worn-out animals on the brink of perdition; once proud warriors who are at the mercy of their enemy on the field of battle. Such images lend poignancy to the suffering of the poet’s love-stricken heart, while also painting a vivid portrait of typical Bedouin life.Ibn Sbayyil, a town dweller from the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula, was a key figure in the Nabaṭī poetic tradition. His poetry, which is still recited today, broke with the artifice of the preceding generation by combining inherited idiom and original touches reflecting his environment. Translated into English for the first time by Marcel Kurpershoek, Arabian Romantic will delight readers with a poetry that is direct, fluent, and expressive, and that has entertained Arabic speakers for over a century.An English-only edition.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 469gAuthor: ʿAbdallāh ibn SbayyilTranslator: Marcel KurpershoekContributor: Marcel Kurpershoek (Translated by), Annmarie Drury (Foreword by)Genre: Poetry & DramaBook Series: Library of Arabic LiteratureRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Arabian Romantic
Title: Arabian Romantic
Subtitle: Poems on Bedouin Life and Love
ISBN-10: 1479804401
EAN: 9781479804405
ISBN: 9781479804405
Release Date: 10/06/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Marcel Kurpershoek
Contributor: Annmarie Drury (Foreword by)
Series: Library of Arabic Literature
Book Title: Arabian Romantic : Poems on Bedouin Life and Love
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Middle Eastern
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Poetry, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 16.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: ʿAbdallāH Ibn Sbayyil
Book Series: Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
