Talib, Adam (2019) 'Qasida poetry : a world unto itself.', in A companion to world literature. .
Abstract
Emerging in late antiquity in Arabic, qasida poetry became a token of cultural and political prestige in societies across West, South, and Central Asia, North, West, and East Africa, and southern Europe. The form was adapted from Arabic into every language of the Islamicate world, including Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Hebrew, Urdu, Kurdish, Malay, Swahili, Hausa, and many more.
Item Type: | Book chapter |
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Full text: | (SMUR) Submitted Manuscript Under Review Download PDF (105Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118635193.ctwl0318 |
Date accepted: | 02 February 2019 |
Date deposited: | No date available |
Date of first online publication: | 19 December 2019 |
Date first made open access: | No date available |
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