Diwan 'Antarah Ibn Shaddad: A Literary-Historical Study

by James Montgomery and James Montgomery

The pre-Islamic warrior-poet 'Antarah ibn Shaddad, a composer of one of the Mu'allaqat, attracted the attention of the philologists who were active in Iraq at the nascence of the scholarly study of Arabic. These philologists collected and studied the diwan of 'Antarah as part of their recovery and codification of the Jahiliyyah: 'Antarah became one of the Six Poets, a collection of pre-Islamic poets associated with al-Asma'i, "the father of Arabic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147986188X
• ISBN13: 9781479861880
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"