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The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry : Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf, Hardback Book

The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry : Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf Hardback

by S. Antoon

Part of the Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World series

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The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature.

Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context.

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Format:Hardback
Pages:224 pages, XIV, 224 p.
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date:27/02/2014
Category:
- Literary studies: poetry & poets
ISBN:9781137301536

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Out of stock
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Pages:224 pages, XIV, 224 p.
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date:27/02/2014
Category:
- Literary studies: poetry & poets
ISBN:9781137301536

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