Arabian Satire
Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisiesA master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hijāʾ), the poet Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir was an acerbic critic of his society and its morals. In Arabian Satire, Ḥmēdān is mostly concerned with worldly m… Celý popis ↓
Porovnanie cien Arabian Satire
Popis Arabian Satire
Arabian Satire
Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisiesA master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hijāʾ), the poet Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir was an acerbic critic of his society and its morals. In Arabian Satire, Ḥmēdān is mostly concerned with worldly matters and addresses these in different guises: as the patriarch at the helm of the family boat and its unruly crew; as a picaresque anti-hero who revels in taking potshots at the established order, its hypocrisy, and its failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no Living in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula, Ḥmēdān wrote in an idiom widely referred to as "Nabaṭī," here a mix of Najdī vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating to the origins of Arabic poetry.
Podobné produkty
Arabian Satire
Novele: Humoreske, Satire
Arabian
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
Arabian Legends
Arabian Nights
Arabian Night
Arabian Nights DVD
In Arabian Nights
Arabian Adventure DVD
Arabian Nights Penguin
Satire Gilmore John T. Paperback
