{"product_id":"the-life-and-times-of-ab-bakr-al-l-9781479868025","title":"The Life and Times of Ab\u0026#363; Tamm\u0026#257;m","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA robust defense of a poetic genius\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbū Tammām (d. 231 or 232\/845 or 846) is one of the most celebrated poets in the Arabic language. Born in Syria to Greek Christian parents, he converted to Islam and quickly made his name as one of the premier Arabic poets in the caliphal court of Baghdad, promoting a new style of poetry that merged abstract and complex imagery with archaic Bedouin language. Both highly controversial and extremely popular, this sophisticated verse influenced all subsequent poetry in Arabic and epitomized the \"modern style\" (\u003ci\u003ebadīʿ\u003c\/i\u003e), an avant-garde aesthetic that was very much in step with the intellectual, artistic, and cultural vibrancy of the Abbasid dynasty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of Abū Tammām\u003c\/i\u003e, translated into English for the first time, the courtier and scholar Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyāal-Ṣūlī (d. 335 or 336\/946 or 947) mounts a robust defense of \"modern\" poetry and of Abū Tammām's significance as a poet against his detractors, while painting a lively picture of literary life in Baghdad and Samarra. Born into an illustrious family of Turkish origin, al-Ṣūlī was a courtier, companion, and tutor to the Abbasid caliphs. He wrote extensively on caliphal history and poetry and, as a scholar of \"modern\" poets, made a lasting contribution to the field of Arabic literary history. Like the poet it promotes, al-Ṣūlī's text is groundbreaking: it represents a major step in the development of Arabic poetics, and inaugurates a long line of treatises on innovation in poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abū Bakr Al-Ṣūlī\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479868027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479868025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Ab\u0026#363; Bakr Al-\u0026#7778;\u0026#363;l\u0026#299;","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935646089471,"sku":"9781479868025","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e7006ce2-dc29-4e1c-9d57-15cc6b3ce319.jpg?v=1681421019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-and-times-of-ab-bakr-al-l-9781479868025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}