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Poems Of Wine & Revelry

Poems Of Wine & Revelry

Colville

One of the greatest of Arabic poets - indeed, the greatest in the opinion of some critics - Abu Nuwas wrote accomplished verse that demonstrated his technical mastery of all the major genres. This work offers a glimpse of the hedonistic and dissipated world he inhabited: the world of Baghdad high society at the zenith of the Abbasid caliphate.
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First published in 2005. Arabic literature has a distinguished tradition of bacchanals but none are so consistently entertaining or explicit or iconoclastic as those of Abu Nuwas al_hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami (c. 756-c.815), the 'bad boy' of Abbasid poetry. In his khamriyyat, Abu Nuwas offers a glimpse of the hedonistic and dissipated world he inhabited: the world of Baghdad high society at the zenith of the Abbasid caliphate. Yet there is also a modern and up-to-date feel about his poetry that makes it ideal for presentation to an English-speaking readership, some twelve centuries after his death.

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Title - Poems Of Wine & Revelry

Edition -

Author - Colville

ISBN 13 - 9780710309570

Imprint - Kegan Paul

Publisher - Kegan Paul

Date Published - 24/05/2005

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 156 x 234 x mm

Weight - 430 g

Languages - English