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- catalog abstract ""This volume deals with wasf or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the qasidah (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. The Introduction offers the theoretical background of wasf and ekphrasis ("verbal representation of non-verbal texts" in its modern sense) that can be considered a Western counterpart of wasf." "Approaching the Arabic ode in light of modern Western critical theory, including the theories of ekphrasis and of interarts studies, this work is original and innovative, so it leads to a new understanding of a major form of traditional Arabic poetry."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13037282.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""This volume deals with wasf or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the qasidah (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. The Introduction offers the theoretical background of wasf and ekphrasis ("verbal representation of non-verbal texts" in its modern sense) that can be considered a Western counterpart of wasf." "Approaching the Arabic ode in light of modern Western critical theory, including the theories of ekphrasis and of interarts studies, this work is original and innovative, so it leads to a new understanding of a major form of traditional Arabic poetry."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Contest as Ceremony: A Pre-Islamic Poetic Contest in Horse Description of Imru' al-Qays vs. 'Alqamah al-Fahl -- Ch. 2. Remedy and Resolution: Bees and Honey-Gathering in Two Hudhali Odes -- Ch. 3. Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbasid Poetry of Abu Nuwas and al-Buhturi -- Ch. 4. Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumi's Singing Slave-Girl -- Ch. 5. Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric / Ibn Zamrak.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 251 p., [3] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Description in classical Arabic poetry.".
- catalog identifier "9004129227 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9789004129221 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Description in classical Arabic poetry.".
- catalog isPartOf "Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 0169-9903 ; v. 25".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Leiden ; Boston : Brill,".
- catalog relation "Description in classical Arabic poetry.".
- catalog subject "892.7/1009 22".
- catalog subject "Arabic poetry History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Ekphrasis.".
- catalog subject "PJ7541 .S84 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Contest as Ceremony: A Pre-Islamic Poetic Contest in Horse Description of Imru' al-Qays vs. 'Alqamah al-Fahl -- Ch. 2. Remedy and Resolution: Bees and Honey-Gathering in Two Hudhali Odes -- Ch. 3. Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbasid Poetry of Abu Nuwas and al-Buhturi -- Ch. 4. Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumi's Singing Slave-Girl -- Ch. 5. Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric / Ibn Zamrak.".
- catalog title "Description in classical Arabic poetry : waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".