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The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry - Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf (Hardcover)
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The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry - Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf (Hardcover)
Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
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The pre-modern Arab poet Ibn al-Hajjaj (941-1001) left an indelible
mark on the trajectory of pre-modern Arabic poetry and culture by
pioneering and popularizing a new mode of poetry, sukhf - obscene
and scatological parody. His outrageously obscene poetry was
admired by his contemporaries, as well by poets and critics of
later periods. The modern period, however, has not been nearly as
kind to Ibn al-Hajjaj. Sinan Antoon argues that the reasons for
this oversight are ideological, for the most part, and have to do
with modern misconceptions of what constitutes "good poetry." The
Poetics of the Obscene in Pre-Modern Arabic Poetry is the first
study of this fascinating poet and the genre he popularized,
placing it within Arab cultural genealogy. Antoon reinscribes Ibn
al-Hajjaj into the literary history from which he has been exiled
and offers fascinating close readings of the poems in their social
and cultural context.
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