The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy

Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Transgression and Redemption: Cuckolding the King - Al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani and the Pre-Islamic Royal Ode 2. Transmission and Submission: Praising the Prophet - Kaeb ibn Zuhayr and the Islamic Ode 3. Celebration and Restoration: Praising the Caliph - Al-Akhal and the Umayyad Victory Ode 4. Supplication and Negotiation: The Client Outraged - Al-Akhal and the Supplicatory Ode 5. Political Dominion as Sexual Domination - Abu al-Eatihiyah, Abu Tammim and the Poetics of Power 6. The Poetics of Political Allegiance - Praise and Blame in Three Odes by al-Mutanabba 7. The Poetics of Ceremony and the Competition for Legitimacy - Al-Muhannad al-Baghdadi, Muammad ibn Shukhhay, Ibn Darrej al-Qasalli and the Andalusian Ode Appendix of Arabic Texts Notes Works Cited Index

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