Arabian satire : poetry from 18th-century Najd /
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 hi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Library of Arabic literature.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
