Arabian Satire; (Record no. 3321)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781479878062
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency PMNP
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency Kutubkhanah Diraja
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 892.714
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Arabian Satire;
Remainder of title Poetry from 18th-Century Najd /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir, Edited and Translated Marcel Kurpershoek, Review by Saad Sowayan
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. NYU Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 204p
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija'), Hmedan was acerbic in his criticisms of society and its morals, voiced in in a poetic idiom that is widely referred to as “Nabati,” here a mix of Najdi vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating back to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Hmedan is mostly concerned with worldly matters, and addresses these in different guises: as the patriarch at the helm of the family boat and its unruly crew; as a picaresque anti-hero who revels in taking potshots at the established order, its hypocrisy, and its moral failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no avail and with no guarantee of success; and as a poet recording in verse how he thinks things ought to be.<br/><br/>The poems in Arabian Satire reveal a plucky, headstrong, yet intensely socially committed figure―representative of the traditional Najdi ethos―who infuses his verse with proverbs, maxims, and words of wisdom expressed plainly and conversationally. Hmedan is accordingly quoted by historians of the Gulf region and in anthologies of popular sayings. This is the first full translation of this remarkable poet.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Arabic literature
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