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Abundance from the desert [electronic resource] : classical Arabic poetry / Raymond Farrin.

By: Farrin, Raymond.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Middle East literature in translation. Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: xix, 364 p.Subject(s): Arabic poetry -- To 622 -- History and criticism | Arabic poetry -- 622-750 -- History and criticism | Arabic poetry -- 750-1258 -- History and criticism | Arabic poetry -- 1258-1800 -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 892.7/109 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Triumph of Imru' Al-Qays -- An outcast replies -- Price of glory -- Making the remembrance dear -- Martyr to love -- Flyting -- Pleasure in transgression -- Poetics of persuasion -- Would-be prophet -- Letter to a princess -- Season's greetings -- Ecstasy -- To Egypt with love.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Triumph of Imru' Al-Qays -- An outcast replies -- Price of glory -- Making the remembrance dear -- Martyr to love -- Flyting -- Pleasure in transgression -- Poetics of persuasion -- Would-be prophet -- Letter to a princess -- Season's greetings -- Ecstasy -- To Egypt with love.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.