| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 354 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures,
1571-5183 ;
v. 33
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Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 33.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Translation; Introduction; PART ONE THE POETICS OF HUMAYNI VERSE; Chapter One: Defining the Humayni Poem; Chapter Two: Dialect in Humayni Poetry; PART TWO HUMAYNI POETRY IN THE YEMENI CULTURAL AND LITERARY LANDSCAPE; Chapter Three: A Golden Age of Humayni Poetry; Chapter Four: the Status of Humayni Poetry; PART THREE SHABAZIAN POETRY; Chapter Five: R. Salim al-Shabazi and the Shabaziyyat; Chapter Six: Shabazian Eroticism, Kabbalah and Dor De'ah; PART FOUR H?UMAYNI AND MODERNITY. |
| Summary |
Traces the evolution of an Arabic poetic form called 'Humayni poetry'. This book addresses the connections between the Humayni poetry of Yemen and the sacred poetry of Jews from Yemen, a chapter in the history of Arabic and Jewish literatures. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arabic poetry -- Yemen (Republic) -- History and criticism.
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Arabic poetry. |
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Yemen (Republic) |
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Arabic poetry -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism.
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Arabic poetry -- Jewish authors. |
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Jewish religious poetry, Arabic -- Yemen (Republic) -- History and criticism.
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Jewish religious poetry, Arabic. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wagner, Mark S. Like Joseph in beauty. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004168404 (DLC) 2008035393 (OCoLC)244005121 |
| ISBN |
9789047442196 (electronic book) |
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9047442199 (electronic book) |
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9789004168404 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004168400 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004168404.i-356 |
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