Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry

Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption

• Author(s): Beatrice Gruendler,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 368
• ISBN_10: 131783237X
  ISBN_13: 9781317832379
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Poetry , Poetry / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical ,

Description:... This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials, and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and even to threat.