Poems of Wine and Revelry

Name: Poems of Wine and Revelry
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ISBN: 9780710309570

ISBN-10: 0710309570

ISBN-13: 9780710309570

Edition: 2005

Authors: Colville, Abu Nuwas, Abu Nuwas

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Arabic literature has a distinguished tradition of bacchanals but none are so consistently entertaining, explicit or iconoclastic as those of Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami (c. 756-c. 815), the bad boy of Abbasid poetry. One of the greatest of Arabic poets -- indeed, the greatest in the opinion of some critics -- Abu Nuwas wrote accomplished verse that demonstrated his technical mastery of all the major genres. However, his poems on wine (khamriyyat), homosexual love (mudhakkarat) and ribaldry (majouniyyat) are his best known and have earned him his notoriety. These poems often landed him in trouble and prison during his lifetime and, even today, are still subject to censorship by…

Book details

List price: $285.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 148
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English