| The Poetry of Ibn Khafājah: A Literary Analysis Contributor(s): Al-Nowaihi, Magda M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004096604 ISBN-13: 9789004096608 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $190.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1993 Annotation: This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Khafa?jah, who has been credited with starting a new school of poetry, in Andalus and elsewhere. It offers a close reading of his poetry, concentrating on the three basic elements of style -- imagery, rhetorical devices, and structural patterns. It shows how Ibn Khaf?jah creatively uses the poetic tradition available to him to form new images and scenes, create multi-layered poems, and bestow different levels of unity and coherence on his poems. The study demonstrates some of the ways by which the various elements of style are combined and interrelated, to produce original, meaningful, and highly moving poems in the Khafajian style. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.713 |
| LCCN: 92021985 |
| Series: Studies in Arabic Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.38" W x 9.66" (1.05 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Khafaājah, who has been credited with starting a new school of poetry, in Andalus and elsewhere. It offers a close reading of his poetry, concentrating on the three basic elements of style -- imagery, rhetorical devices, and structural patterns. It shows how Ibn Khafājah creatively uses the poetic tradition available to him to form new images and scenes, create multi-layered poems, and bestow different levels of unity and coherence on his poems. The study demonstrates some of the ways by which the various elements of style are combined and interrelated, to produce original, meaningful, and highly moving poems in the Khafajian style. |