The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceEthnic StudiesMiddle Eastern StudiesLiterary CriticismPoetryMiddle EasternAnthropologyCultural & SocialSociology
2014Book
Author(s)Sinan Antoon
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137301536
LanguageEnglish
