Ethics and poetry in sixth-century Arabia
- Title
- Ethics and poetry in sixth-century Arabia / by Nadia Jamil.
- Published by
- Cambridge : Gibb Memorial Trust, [2017]
- ©2017
- Author
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Details
- Description
- ix, 402 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This is a much-needed study of pre-Islamic poetry from Arabia. It fills a key gap in understanding not only the history of Arabian poetry, but also of Arabian ethos and ideology. What emerges is a complex, stylized discourse which reflects a distinctive cosmology.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Call number
- JFE 18-3850
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-367) and index.
- Author
- Jamil, Nadia, author.
- Title
- Ethics and poetry in sixth-century Arabia / by Nadia Jamil.
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Gibb Memorial Trust, [2017]
- Copyright date
- ©2017
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-367) and index.
- Chronological term
- To 622
- ISBN
- 1909724963
- 9781909724969
- Research call number
- JFE 18-3850