Description: Further DetailsTitle: Love, Death, FameCondition: NewSubtitle: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral TraditionISBN-10: 1479825808EAN: 9781479825806ISBN: 9781479825806Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/01/2023Description: Poems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab Emirates Love, Death, Fame features the poetry of al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet in what would later become the United Arab Emirates. Although little is known about his life, he is the subject of a sizeable body of folk legend and is thought to have lived in the seventeenth century, in the area now called the Emirates. The tales included in Love, Death, Fame portray him as a witty, resourceful, scruffy poet, at times combative and at times kindhearted. His poetry primarily features verses of wisdom and romance, with scenes of clouds and rain, desert migrations, seafaring, and pearl diving. Like Arabian Romantic and Arabian Satire, this collection is a prime example of Nabaṭī poetry, combining vernacular language of the Arabian Peninsula with archaic vocabulary and images dating to Arabic poetry’s very origins. Distinguished by Ibn Ẓāhir’s unique voice, Love, Death, Fame offers a glimpse of what life was like four centuries ago in the region that is now the UAE.An English-only edition.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: al-Māyidī ibn ẒāhirTranslator: Marcel KurpershoekContributor: Marcel Kurpershoek (Translated by), David F. Elmer (Foreword by)Genre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Library of Arabic LiteratureItem Weight: 445gRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Love, Death, Fame
Title: Love, Death, Fame
Subtitle: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition
ISBN-10: 1479825808
EAN: 9781479825806
ISBN: 9781479825806
Release Date: 08/01/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Marcel Kurpershoek
Contributor: David F. Elmer (Foreword by)
Series: Library of Arabic Literature
Book Title: Love, Death, Fame : Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Middle Eastern
Genre: Literary Collections
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Al-MāYidī Ibn ẒāHir
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
