War Songs by ?Antarah ibn Shadd?d (English) Paperback Book

Description: War Songs by ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, James E. Montgomery, Richard Sieburth, Peter Cole Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Poems of love and battle by Arabias legendary warrior From the sixth-century highlands of Najd in the Arabian peninsula, on the eve of the advent of Islam, come the strident cries of a legendary warrior and poet. The black outcast son of an Arab father and an Ethiopian slave mother, Antarah ibn Shaddad struggled to win the recognition of his father and tribe. He defied social norms and, despite his outcast status, loyally defended his people. Antarah captured his tumultuous life in uncompromising poetry that combines flashes of tenderness with blood-curdling violence. His war songs are testaments to his life-long battle to win the recognition of his people and the hand of Ablah, the free-born woman he loved but who was denied him by her family. War Songs presents the poetry attributed to Antarah and includes a selection of poems taken from the later Epic of Antar, a popular story-cycle that continues to captivate and charm Arab audiences to this day with tales of its heros titanic feats of strength and endurance. Antarahs voice resonates here, for the first time in vibrant, contemporary English, intoning its eternal truths: commitment to ones beliefs, loyalty to kith and kin, and fidelity in love.An English-only edition. Author Biography Antarah ibn Shaddd (Author) Antarah ibn Shaddd was one of the most famous warrior-poets of pre-Islamic Arabia. A semi-legendary hero from the sixth century AD, Antarah was born into slavery as the son of an Arab father and an African mother. Many of his poems are about his love for Ablah, daughter of the tribes shaykh--a love thwarted by his low social status.Peter Cole (Foreword by) Peter Cole has published several books of poems and many volumes of translations from Hebrew and Arabic, both medieval and modern. He has received numerous honors for his work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and in 2007 he was named a MacArthur Fellow.James E. Montgomery (Translator) James E. Montgomery is Sir Thomas Adamss Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall. His latest publications are In Deadly Embrace: Arabic Hunting Poems, Fate the Hunter: Early Arabic Hunting Poems, and Kallah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice, with Michael Fishbein. In 2024 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy. Details ISBN 147985879X ISBN-13 9781479858798 Title War Songs Author ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, James E. Montgomery, Richard Sieburth, Peter Cole Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 320 Publisher New York University Press GE_Item_ID:119230443; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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