{"product_id":"the-zephyrs-of-najd-the-poetics-of-nostalgia-in-the-classical-arabic-nasib-paperback","title":"The Zephyrs of Najd: The Poetics of Nostalgia in the Classical Arabic Nasib - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJaroslav Stetkevych\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, Jaroslav Stetkevych attempts in this book to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into an enlarged understanding of lyric poetry as a genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStetkevych concentrates on the \"places of lost bliss\" that furnish the dominant motif in the lyric-elegiac opening section (\u003ci\u003enasib\u003c\/i\u003e) of the classic Arab code, or \u003ci\u003equsidah\u003c\/i\u003e. In defining the Arabic lyrical genre, he shows how pre-Islamic lamentations over abandoned campsites evolved, in Arabo-Islamic mystical poetry, into expressions of spiritual nostalgia. Stetkevych also draws intriguing parallels between the highlands of Najd in Arabic poetry and Arcadia in the European tradition. He concludes by exploring the degree to which the pastoral-paradisiacal archetype of the \u003ci\u003enasib\u003c\/i\u003e pervades Arabic literary perception, from the pre-Islamic ode through the \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e and later texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnhanced by Stetkevych's sensitive translations of all the Arabic texts discussed, \u003ci\u003eThe Zephyrs of Najd\u003c\/i\u003e brings the classical Arabic ode fully into the purview of contemporary literary and critical discourse.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 333\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.01 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329713529139,"sku":"9780226773360","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/i1kX4jGCwo9780226773360.webp?v=1778172100","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-zephyrs-of-najd-the-poetics-of-nostalgia-in-the-classical-arabic-nasib-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}