The Vagaries of the Qasidah

by J E Montgomery

A study of the tradition and practice of early Arabic poetry, this book provides an investigation of the multiple versions of early poems that exist in various Abbasid collections. It offers a corrective to the more exaggerated claims concerning this poetry and revises some hitherto fundamental attitudes by advancing an individual philologically-driven vision of the period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909724521
• ISBN13: 9781909724525
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.2"