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Al-Mutanabbi
Contributor(s): Larkin, Margaret (Author)

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ISBN: 1851684069     ISBN-13: 9781851684069
Publisher: Oneworld Academic
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Published: January 2008
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Annotation: This exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. A revolutionary at heart and often imprisoned or forced into exile throughout his tumultuous life, al-Mutanabbi wrote both controversial satires and when employed by one of his many patrons, laudatory panegyrics. Employing an ornate style and use of the ode, al-Mutanabbi was one of the first to successfully move away from the traditionally rigid form of Arabic verse, the 'qasida'.

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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Eastern
- Poetry | Middle Eastern
Dewey: 892.713
Series: Makers of the Muslim World
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.91" W x 8.13" L (0.80 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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This exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. A revolutionary at heart and often imprisoned or forced into exile throughout his tumultuous life, al-Mutanabbi wrote both controversial satires and when employed by one of his many patrons, laudatory panegyrics. Employing an ornate style and use of the ode, al-Mutanabbi was one of the first to successfully move away from the traditionally rigid form of Arabic verse, the 'qasida'.

CONTENTS
Preface

1 OUT OF ARABIA

Arabian origins

Poetic forms - the ode

Invective and elegy

Poets on the fringe

Islam's effect on poetry

Centralization under the Umayyads

Diversity under the 'Abbasids

Conservatism in poetic taste

Late 'Abbasid disintegration

2 GROWING PAINS

Origins and early formation

Al-Mutanabbi goes to Baghdad

Early career in Syria

Rebellion and its aftermath

After the fall

At Kharshani's court

Death of the poet's grandmother

The Ikhshidid connection

Eye on the Hamdanid prize

3 GLORY DAYS IN ALEPPO

The Hamdanids of Aleppo

Al-Mutanabbi's first ode to Sayf al-Dawlah

Occasional poems for the would-be patron

Death of Sayf al-Dawlah's mother

Elegy on Abu'l-Hayja'

The poet-patron relationship

Demands on the poet

Epic occasions

Trouble in paradise

Al-Mutanabbi bites back

All good things ...

4 PARADISE LOST

From Aleppo to Egypt

Reluctant praise

Al-Mutanabbi demands his due

Saving face at Aleppo

Kafur's final refusal

Angry satire

Out of Egypt

Home again

Sayf al-Dawlah in the wings

The poet in Persia

The Gap of Bavvan

To the hunt

Final call

5 CONTEMPORARY CRITICS

After the fall

Linguistic correctness

Diction and lexical choice

Construction of the poem

Philosophizing in poetry

The limits of imagination

Borrowing versus plagiarism

Summing up

6 THE HIGHEST FORM OF PRAISE

Andalusian admirer

Kindred spirits

The classical as innovation

Neoclassical voice

Modern echoes

Conclusion

Suggestions for further reading

Index

 
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