
The Case of Rhyme versus Reason
Ibn al-Rumi and his Poetics in Context
Robert McKinney(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 29. September 2004
Book
Hardback
676 pages
978-90-04-13010-4 (ISBN)
Description
The poetry of the extremely prolific and versatile 'Abbasid poet Ibn al-Rumi is examined in this book. Part 1, The Poet, reconstructs the poet's life and times providing the background for Part II, The Poetry, which traces the influences in Ibn al-Rumi's distinctive poetic style and themes. This provides a glimpse into a rather fluid period in Arabic literary history when the boundary between poetry and prose was becoming increasingly permeable, due to the emergence of the so-called "secretary-poets," and to the prevalence and importance of the munazarah, or disputation. Part III, The Poem, analyzes the poet's celebrated 282-line poem commemorating the quashing of the Zanj rebellion. The towering architectonics and sophisticated organization of this poem provide an ideal opportunity to explore Ibn al-Rumi's poetic contribution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 47 mm
Weight
1302 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-13010-4 (9789004130104)
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Robert C. McKinney, Ph.D. (1998) in Arabic Literature, Indiana University, has taught at the University of Khartoum in the Sudan, Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman, and Dartmouth College in the U.S. He now teaches Classical Arabic Literature at the American University in Cairo.