The Body in Arabic Love Poetry
The ‘Udhri Tradition
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture;
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Product details:
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Publication 25 January 2023
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781474486347
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 5 colour illustrations Illustrations, color 432
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Short description:
Jokha Alharthi re-appraises the relationship between love, poetry and Arab society in the 8th to 11th centuries. She avoids clichés about the purity of love in 'Udhri poetry, instead questioning the traditional emphasis on chastity and the assumption that this poetry omits any concept of the body.
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Jokha Alharthi re-appraises the relationship between love, poetry and Arab society in the 8th to 11th centuries. She avoids familiar clichés about the purity of love in ‘Udhri poetry – broadly speaking, an Arabic counterpart to the western medieval concept of unconsummated courtly love – and instead questions the traditional much-vaunted emphasis on chastity and the assumption that this poetry omits any concept of the body. Alharthi focuses on the key differences between what the poetry itself says and the views of later sources about ‘Udhri poets and their works. She also documents how the representation of the beloved in the ‘Udhri ghazal was influenced by pre-Islamic poetry, showing how this tradition developed with a series of overlapping historical layers. And she breaks new ground by examining how this poetry treats not only the body of the beloved but also that of her lover, the poet himself.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. Introduction: A Critical Reappraisal of Scholarship of the ‘Udhri Tradition; 2. Reconstructing the Past; 3. ‘Udhri Tradition Between Chastity and Sensuality; 4. The Representation of the Beloved’s Body; 5. Present and Absent Bodies of the Beloved; 6. Textuality Vs. Reality; 7. The Representation of the Lover’s Body in the ‘Udhri Tradition; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix.
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