Red pomegranates
Subtitle: love, beauty and deceit : Arabic poetry about, for, and by women
By: Mishael M. Caspi, John T. Greene, Mohammad Jiyad (eds.) ; with Bshara Marjiyah
Contributors: Marjīyah, Bishārah
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Islamkundliche Untersuchungen -- Bd. 313; Islamkundliche Untersuchungen -- Bd. 313.
Publisher: Klaus Schwarz
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9783879974207
Subjects: Arabic poetry; History and criticism
Other titles: Arabic poetry about, for, and by women
Notes: "Books on the Muslim World"--colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preliminary remarks concerning poetry and narrative about Arab women --; title: General introduction --; title: A flame of love --; title: Introduction --; title: Reflection on the Arab woman : a socio-cultural and religious perspective --; title: The Arab woman during the Jahiliyyah period --; title: The Arab woman during the Islamic period --; title: The notion of love in love poetry --; title: Al-Ghazal al-'Udhri (courteous love) --; title: The characteristics of al-Ghazal al-'Udhri in the Islamic time --; title: Al-Ghazal al-Hissi : sensual (passionate) love poetry --; title: The image of the woman in early Arabic poetry : a historical perspective --; title: The woman between the ideal and the real --; title: Oral poetry --; title: Women's Deceit --; title: A Qur'anic perspective with Medieval commentary --; title: Introduction --; title: Women's Deceit --; title: Poetry of twenty female Arab poets --; title: African-American female poets : establishing a framework --; title: "Western" female poets --; title: Arab poetry by women --; title: Twenty contemporary Arab women poets.