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Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition
Authors:
al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir (author)
,
Marcel Kurpershoek (translator)
,
David F. Elmer (foreword)
,
Philip F. Kennedy (editor)
Series:
Library of Arabic Literature
ISBN:
9789376540242
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2027
Pages:
342
Size:
15 x 23 x 3 cm
Weight:
572 grams
Price:
INR
2195.00
About the Book
Poems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab Emirates.
Love, Death, Fame
features the poetry of al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet in what would later become the United Arab Emirates. Although little is known about his life, he is the subject of a sizeable body of folk legend and is thought to have lived in the seventeenth century, in the area now called the Emirates. The tales included in
Love, Death, Fame
portray him as a witty, resourceful, scruffy poet, at times combative and at times kindhearted.His poetry primarily features verses of wisdom and romance, with scenes of clouds and rain, desert migrations, seafaring, and pearl diving. Like
Arabian Romantic
and
Arabian Satire
, this collection is a prime example of Nabaṭī poetry, combining vernacular language of the Arabian Peninsula with archaic vocabulary and images dating to Arabic poetry’s very origins. Distinguished by Ibn Ẓāhir’s unique voice,
Love, Death, Fame
offers a glimpse of what life was like four centuries ago in the region that is now the UAE.
About the Authors
al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir
Al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir (b. seventeenth century) is regarded as the earliest “Emirati” poet.
Marcel Kurpershoek
Marcel Kurpershoek is a specialist in the oral traditions and poetry of Arabia. He is the author of the five-volume
Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia
, as well as several books on Middle Eastern history and culture.
David F. Elmer
David Elmer is the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University and author of
The Poetics of Consent: Collective Decision Making and the Iliad
.
Philip F. Kennedy
Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of
Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition
.
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