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Title: THE GOLDEN ODES OF LOVE
AN ENGLISH VERSE RENDERING
By: Desmond O'Grady (Editor)
Format: Paperback

List price: £12.50


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ISBN 10: 9774244613
ISBN 13: 9789774244612
Publisher: THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS
Pub. date: 1 November, 1997
Pages: 64
Translated from: Arabic
Description: This collection of seven odes are known as the Mu'allaqat, the "suspended" poems, because they were transcribed in letters of gold on linen and suspended in the shrine of the Kaaba at Mecca as masterpieces of the qasida form. These verse renderings capture the rhythm and spirit of the art.
Synopsis: Arabic literature sprang into existence in the sixth and seventh centuries AD with an outburst of poetry. Across northern Arabia, poets recited qasidas (odes), in which a series of themes is elaborated with vivid, imaginative language and cast in complex rhythmic and rhyming schemes. These seven odes are know collectively as the Mu'allaqat, the "suspended" poems, because they were transcribed in letters of gold on linen and suspended in the shrine of the Kaaba at Mecca as masterpieces of the qasida form. Desmond O'Grady's verse renderings of the odes seek to capture the rhythm and spirit of this art. The known facts of the poets' lives serve as brief introductions.
Publication: Egypt
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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