The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry [electronic resource] : Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf /
Antoon, S.author.
The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context.
Ibn Ḥajjāj, al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, -1001
Ethnology—Middle East .
Poetry.
Literature.
Literature—History and criticism.
Middle Eastern literature.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literature, general.
Literary History.
Middle Eastern Literature.