The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn Al-?Ajj?j and Sukhf by Antoon, S.

The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn Al-?Ajj?j and Sukhf (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137301536)

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The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn Al-?Ajj?j and Sukhf by Antoon, S.

The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn Al-?Ajj?j and Sukhf

$54.99
The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn Al-?Ajj?j and Sukhf by Antoon, S.

The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn Al-?Ajj?j and Sukhf

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context.

Author: S. Antoon
ISBN-10: 1137301538
ISBN-13: 9781137301536
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d
By S. Antoon
By S. Antoon
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Sinan Antoon is Associate Professor in The Gallatin School at New York University, USA.

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