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The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf - Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World S. Antoon 1st ed. 2014 edition
The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf - Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
S. Antoon
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.
224 pages, XIV, 224 p.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 27, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781349453610 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 216 × 138 × 15 mm · 306 g |
| Language | English |