The Mantle Odes

Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad

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ID23529219
AuthorsSuzanne Pinckney Stetkevych (0000-0001-7137-2790), Suzanne Stetkevych
Year2010
Pages336
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe mantle odes (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2979/6028.0
OpenAlexW4409478341
Open LibraryOL23954263M
ISBN9780253354877
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Also author of The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy (2002) and The Mute Immortals Speak (1993), Stetkevych (Indiana Univ.) provides an original translation and careful analysis of three landmark poems in Arabic Islamic literature: Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's "Su'ad Has Departed" (presented to the prophet in his life), Al-Busiri's "Mantle Ode" (13th century), and Ahmad Shawqi's "The Way of the Mantle" (early 20th century). The author argues that these are essentially praise poems with similar structural elements. They are addressed to the prophet in exchange for a gift, and the nature of this gift varies according to the poem's cultural and historical circumstances. Each of the book's three chapters presents a comprehensive and compelling line-by-line analysis of its subject poem. The book also includes an appendix of Arabic texts. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty. - Choice

Mantle (geology) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Geology · Geophysics · 1868-1932 · Aḥmad Shawqī (1868-1932) · Arabic Laudatory poetry · Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? · Criticism and interpretation · d. 632 · History and criticism · in literature · Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr · Laudatory poetry, Arabic · Muḥammad · Muḥammad Prophet (d. 632) · Poetry (poetic works by one author) · Prophet · Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Būṣīrī · Shawqī, Aḥmad

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