The Case of Rhyme Versus Reason

Ibn Al-Rūmī And His Poetics in Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13010-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 666 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 1302 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

The poetry of the extremely prolific and versatile ‘Abbasid poet Ibn al-Rumi is examined in this book. Part 1, The Poet, reconstructs the poet’s life and times providing the background for Part II, The Poetry, which traces the influences in Ibn al-Rumi’s distinctive poetic style and themes. This provides a glimpse into a rather fluid period in Arabic literary history when the boundary between poetry and prose was becoming increasingly permeable, due to the emergence of the so-called “secretary-poets,” and to the prevalence and importance of the munazarah, or disputation. Part III, The Poem, analyzes the poet’s celebrated 282-line poem commemorating the quashing of the Zanj rebellion. The towering architectonics and sophisticated organization of this poem provide an ideal opportunity to explore Ibn al-Rumi’s poetic contribution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKinney, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Über Autor(innen)

Robert C. McKinney, Ph.D. (1998) in Arabic Literature, Indiana University, has taught at the University of Khartoum in the Sudan, Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman, and Dartmouth College in the U.S. He now teaches Classical Arabic Literature at the American University in Cairo.