Arabian satire : poetry from 18th-century Najd / Ḥmedan al-Shwe'ir ; edited and translated by Marcel Kurpershoek.

Name: Arabian satire : poetry from 18th-century Najd / Ḥmedan al-Shwe'ir ; edited and translated by Marcel Kurpershoek.
Author: Kurpershoek, P. M., editor translator., Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century. Arabian satire. English., Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century. Poems. Selections., الشويعر، حميدان،, كان حيا القرن ال-18. شعر. مختارات.

Title	Arabian satire : poetry from 18th-century Najd / Ḥmedan al-Shwe'ir ; edited and translated by Marcel Kurpershoek.
Author	Kurpershoek, P. M., editor translator., Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century. Arabian satire. English., Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century. Poems. Selections., الشويعر، حميدان،, كان حيا القرن ال-18. شعر. مختارات.
Author Original	الشويعر، حميدان، كان حيا القرن ال شعر مختارات
Publication Date:	2017
Publication Place	- New York University Press
Subject	Verse satire, Arabic -- Arabian Peninsula -- Translations into English.
Type	Book
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource
Library:	University College Dublin Library
Library Asset ID	10.18574/9781479811199 doi
Record ID	b3263031
Library Location	In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Date	2017
Sample Text	This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early 18th century. A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija), Hmedan was acerbic in his criticisms of society and its morals, voiced in in a poetic idiom that is widely referred to as "Nabati," here a mix of Najdi vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating back to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Hmedan 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 moral failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no avail and with no guarantee of success; and as a poet recording in verse how he thinks things ought to be. The poems in Arabian Satire reveal a plucky, headstrong, yet intensely socially committed figure--representative of the traditional Najdi ethos--who infuses his verse with proverbs, maxims, and words of wisdom expressed plainly and conversationally. Hmedan is accordingly "ed by historians of the Gulf region and in anthologies of popular sayings. This is the first full translation of this remarkable poet
Bibliyografya	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seri	Library of Arabic literature, Library of Arabic literature.

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Arabian satire : poetry from 18th-century Najd / Ḥmedan al-Shwe'ir ; edited and translated by Marcel Kurpershoek.

Author Kurpershoek, P. M., editor translator., Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century. Arabian satire. English., Shuwayʻir, Ḥamīdān, active 18th century. Poems. Selections., الشويعر، حميدان،, كان حيا القرن ال-18. شعر. مختارات.

Author Original الشويعر، حميدان، كان حيا القرن ال شعر مختارات

Publication Date 2017

Publication Place - New York University Press

Subject Verse satire, Arabic -- Arabian Peninsula -- Translations into English.

Type Book

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource

Library University College Dublin Library

Library Asset ID 10.18574/9781479811199 doi

Record ID b3263031

Library Location In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Date 2017

Sample Text This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early 18th century. A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija), Hmedan was acerbic in his criticisms of society and its morals, voiced in in a poetic idiom that is widely referred to as "Nabati," here a mix of Najdi vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating back to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Hmedan 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 moral failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no avail and with no guarantee of success; and as a poet recording in verse how he thinks things ought to be. The poems in Arabian Satire reveal a plucky, headstrong, yet intensely socially committed figure--representative of the traditional Najdi ethos--who infuses his verse with proverbs, maxims, and words of wisdom expressed plainly and conversationally. Hmedan is accordingly "ed by historians of the Gulf region and in anthologies of popular sayings. This is the first full translation of this remarkable poet

Bibliyografya Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seri Library of Arabic literature, Library of Arabic literature.