Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry : Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption, Hardback Book

Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry : Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption Hardback

Part of the Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures series

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This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society.

Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials, and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and even to threat.

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