เจเจธ เจ-เจเจฟเจคเจพเจฌ เจฌเจพเจฐเฉ
A robust defense of a poetic genius
Abลซ Tammฤm (d. 231 or 232/845 or 846) is one of the most celebrated poets in the Arabic language. Born in Syria to Greek Christian parents, he converted to Islam and quickly made his name as one of the premier Arabic poets in the caliphal court of Baghdad, promoting a new style of poetry that merged abstract and complex imagery with archaic Bedouin language. Both highly controversial and extremely popular, this sophisticated verse influenced all subsequent poetry in Arabic and epitomized the โmodern styleโ (badฤซสฟ), an avant-garde aesthetic that was very much in step with the intellectual, artistic, and cultural vibrancy of the Abbasid dynasty.
In The Life and Times of Abลซ Tammฤm, translated into English for the first time, the courtier and scholar Abลซ Bakr Muแธฅammad ibn Yaแธฅyฤal-แนขลซlฤซ (d. 335 or 336/946 or 947) mounts a robust defense of โmodernโ poetry and of Abลซ Tammฤmโs significance as a poet against his detractors, while painting a lively picture of literary life in Baghdad and Samarra. Born into an illustrious family of Turkish origin, al-แนขลซlฤซ was a courtier, companion, and tutor to the Abbasid caliphs. He wrote extensively on caliphal history and poetry and, as a scholar of โmodernโ poets, made a lasting contribution to the field of Arabic literary history. Like the poet it promotes, al-แนขลซlฤซ's text is groundbreaking: it represents a major step in the development of Arabic poetics, and inaugurates a long line of treatises on innovation in poetry.
An English-only edition.
Abลซ Tammฤm (d. 231 or 232/845 or 846) is one of the most celebrated poets in the Arabic language. Born in Syria to Greek Christian parents, he converted to Islam and quickly made his name as one of the premier Arabic poets in the caliphal court of Baghdad, promoting a new style of poetry that merged abstract and complex imagery with archaic Bedouin language. Both highly controversial and extremely popular, this sophisticated verse influenced all subsequent poetry in Arabic and epitomized the โmodern styleโ (badฤซสฟ), an avant-garde aesthetic that was very much in step with the intellectual, artistic, and cultural vibrancy of the Abbasid dynasty.
In The Life and Times of Abลซ Tammฤm, translated into English for the first time, the courtier and scholar Abลซ Bakr Muแธฅammad ibn Yaแธฅyฤal-แนขลซlฤซ (d. 335 or 336/946 or 947) mounts a robust defense of โmodernโ poetry and of Abลซ Tammฤmโs significance as a poet against his detractors, while painting a lively picture of literary life in Baghdad and Samarra. Born into an illustrious family of Turkish origin, al-แนขลซlฤซ was a courtier, companion, and tutor to the Abbasid caliphs. He wrote extensively on caliphal history and poetry and, as a scholar of โmodernโ poets, made a lasting contribution to the field of Arabic literary history. Like the poet it promotes, al-แนขลซlฤซ's text is groundbreaking: it represents a major step in the development of Arabic poetics, and inaugurates a long line of treatises on innovation in poetry.
An English-only edition.
เจฒเฉเจเจ เจฌเจพเจฐเฉ
Abลซ Bakr al-แนขลซlฤซ (Author)
Abลซ Bakr al-แนขลซlฤซ (d. 335 or 336/946 or 947) was a courtier, companion, and tutor to Abbasid caliphs. His works on caliphal history, on poetry generally, and in particular on the โmodernโ poets, are a major contribution to Arabic literature.
Terence Cave (Foreword by)
Terence Cave is Emeritus Professor of French Literature and Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College.
Beatrice Gruendler (Translator)
Beatrice Gruendler is Professor of Arabic at the Freie Universitรคt Berlin. Her books include The Development of the Arabic Scripts (1993), Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry (2003), and the edited collections Understanding Near Eastern Literatures (2000) with Verena Klemm, and Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms (2008) with Michael Cooperson.
Abลซ Bakr al-แนขลซlฤซ (d. 335 or 336/946 or 947) was a courtier, companion, and tutor to Abbasid caliphs. His works on caliphal history, on poetry generally, and in particular on the โmodernโ poets, are a major contribution to Arabic literature.
Terence Cave (Foreword by)
Terence Cave is Emeritus Professor of French Literature and Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College.
Beatrice Gruendler (Translator)
Beatrice Gruendler is Professor of Arabic at the Freie Universitรคt Berlin. Her books include The Development of the Arabic Scripts (1993), Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry (2003), and the edited collections Understanding Near Eastern Literatures (2000) with Verena Klemm, and Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms (2008) with Michael Cooperson.
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