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Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry
Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials, and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and...
Published August 31st 2010 by Routledge