The mantle odes : Arabic praise poems to the Prophet Muhammad /
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| Author / Creator: | Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney. |
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010. |
| Description: | xix, 306 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8112705 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation and Transliteration
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Ka'b ibn Zuhayr and the Mantle of the Prophet
- Introduction
- The Pre-Islamic Prototype
- 1. 'Alqamah's A Heart Turbulent with Passion: The Poem as Ransom Payment
- 2. Al-Nabighah's O Abode of Mayyah: Transgression and Redemption
- 3. Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulmá's The Tribe Set Out: The Tacit Panegyric Pact
- The Pre-Islamic as Proto-Islamic
- Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's Su'ad Has Departed
- The Conversion Narrative
- The Conversion Ode
- Part 1. Lyric-Elegiac Prelude (Nasib)
- Part 2. Desert Journey (Rahil)
- Part 3. Praise (Madih)
- Mythogenesis: The Donation of the Mantle
- Conclusion
- Hassan ibn Thabit's At Taybah Lies a Trace
- 2. Al-Busiri and the Dream of the Mantle
- Introduction
- Poetic Genre
- Poetic Style: Classical and Post-Classical Badi'
- The Poet and His Times
- The Miracle and the Poem
- 'Umar ibn al-Farid's Was That Laylá's Fire
- The Mantle Ode
- The Structure of al-Busiri's Burdah
- The Beginning of the Supplicatory Pattern: Parts 1-3
- Part 1. Prophetic Nasib
- Part 2. Warning against the Desires of the Self
- Part 3. Praise of the Noble Messenger
- The Sirah-Derived Passages: Parts 4-8
- Poeticization and Polemicization
- Part 4. The Birth of the Prophet
- Part 5. The Miracles of the Prophet
- Part 6. The Noble Qur'an
- Part 7. The Night Journey and Ascension
- Part 8. The Messenger's Jihad and Campaigns
- Completion of the Supplicatory Pattern: Parts 9-10
- Part 9. Supplication and Plea for Intercession
- Part 10. Fervent Prayer and Petition
- Conclusion
- 3. Ahmad Shawqi and the Reweaving of the Mantle
- Introduction
- Ahmad Shawqi and the Nahdah
- Poetic Precedents
- Authorizing the Text: The Khedive, the Shaykh, and the Adib
- The Colonial Double Bind
- Shawqi's Nahj al-Burdah: The Thematic Structure
- Nahj al-Burdah Movement I: In the Path of al-Busiri--Parts 1-6
- Part 1. Nasib: Complaint of Unrequited Love
- Part 2. Chiding the Unruly Soul--Warning against Worldly Temptations
- Part 3. Repentance, Submission, and Supplication
- Part 4. Prophetic Praise
- Part 5. Sirah Themes: The Birth of the Prophet; The Night Journey and Ascension; The Miracle of the Cave
- Part 6. Metapoetic Recapitulation of Prophetic Praise
- Nahj al-Burdah Movement II: The Ihya' Project: Parts 7-12
- Part 7. Polemic against Christianity
- Part 8. Defense/Praise of Jihad and the Prophet's Military Campaigns
- Part 9. The Shari'ah
- Part 10. The Glory of Baghdad
- Part 11. The Orthodox Caliphs
- Part 12. Benediction and Supplication
- Conclusion
- Appendix of Arabic Texts
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
