Like Joseph in beauty : Yemeni vernacular poetry and Arab-Jewish symbiosis /

Like Joseph in Beauty traces the evolution of an Arabic poetic form called 'Humayni poetry'. From Muslim mystical circles, the courts of aristocrats in Highland Yemen, and kabbalist circles of Yemenite Jews, Humayni poetry distinguishes itself with lyricism, musicality, and eroticism. It a...

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Main Author: Wagner, Mark S.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures 33.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223042.

Subjects:

Bruiloftsliederen.

Mondelinge literatuur.

Lyrik.

Religiöse Lyrik.