Body in Arabic Love Poetry
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9781474486330 |
| Open Library | OL25331933W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 2021 - 2021 |
| Language | EN |
| Impact factor | 0.25 |
This book radically re-interprets the nature of medieval Arabic love poetry in the classical age. It challenges stereotypical ideas about the absence of the body in ʿUdhri love poetry. Investigating the ʿUdhri tradition through close readings of the classical 10th-century Arabic sources including anthologies such as the Kitab al-Aghani, the book contributes to literary studies on the representations of the body. It also includes close readings of difficult literary texts in classical Arabic including the work of ʿUrwah b. Hizam, Majnun Layla, Qays b. Dharih, Jamil Buthaynah and Kuthayyir ʿAzzah. The author re-appraises the relationship between love, poetry and Arab society in the 8th to 11th centuries. She avoids familiar clichés about the purity of love in ‘Udhri poetry. Broadly speaking, this book is an Arabic counterpart to the western medieval concept of unconsummated courtly love. It questions the traditional much-vaunted emphasis on chastity and the assumption that this poetry omits any concept of the body.
Body in Arabic Love Poetry
This book radically re-interprets the nature of medieval Arabic love poetry in the classical age. It challenges stereotypical ideas about the absence of the body in ʿUdhri love poetry. Investigating the ʿUdhri tradition through close readings of the classical 10th-century Arabic sources including anthologies such as the Kitab al-Aghani, the book contributes to literary studies on the representations of the body. It also includes close readings of…
Present and Absent Bodies of the Beloved
The presence and absence of the beloved's physical form is the primary subject of discussion in this chapter. It argues that the bodily presence in ‘udhri poetry does not always take the form of a physical body — sometimes it appears through symbolic channels, where the symbolising of the body appears alongside its physical depiction. The chapter examines such themes as gestures, speech, phantoms, the beloved’s house, and her presence through nat…
Reconstructing the Past
This chapter argues that, no matter whether the narratives claim or deny that physical contact took place in the relationships between lovers, the result is still the same. The body lies at the heart of the ‘udhri tradition. The lack of physical consummation, or indeed of physicality itself, serves only to inflame desire, since it only draws more attention to that which is being denied. Hence, this shows us the privileged position of the body by …
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Body in Arabic Love Poetry
This book radically re-interprets the nature of medieval Arabic love poetry in the classical age. It challenges stereotypical ideas about the absence of the body in ʿUdhri love poetry. Investigating the ʿUdhri tradition through close readings of the classical 10th-century Arabic sources including anthologies such as the Kitab al-Aghani, the book contributes to literary studies on the representations of the body. It also includes close readings of…
Present and Absent Bodies of the Beloved
The presence and absence of the beloved's physical form is the primary subject of discussion in this chapter. It argues that the bodily presence in ‘udhri poetry does not always take the form of a physical body — sometimes it appears through symbolic channels, where the symbolising of the body appears alongside its physical depiction. The chapter examines such themes as gestures, speech, phantoms, the beloved’s house, and her presence through nat…
Reconstructing the Past
This chapter argues that, no matter whether the narratives claim or deny that physical contact took place in the relationships between lovers, the result is still the same. The body lies at the heart of the ‘udhri tradition. The lack of physical consummation, or indeed of physicality itself, serves only to inflame desire, since it only draws more attention to that which is being denied. Hence, this shows us the privileged position of the body by …
Conclusion
and Keywords to be supplied.