Risible rhymes : or, The book to bring a smile to the lips of devotees of taste and proper style through the decoding of a sampling of the verse of the rural rank and file / by God's humble slave, Muhammad ibn Mafu a-Sanhuri ; edited and translated by Humphrey Davies.
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TextLanguage: English, Arabic Original language: Arabic Series: Library of Arabic literaturePublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9781479890781
- 1479890782
- 9781479857524
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- Book to bring a smile to the lips of devotees of taste and proper style through the decoding of a sampling of the verse of the rural rank and file
- Sanh�ur�i, Mu�hammad bin Ma�hf�u�z, active 1648, Mu�d�hik dhaw�i al-dhawq wa-al-ni�z�am f�i �hall shadharah min kal�am ahl al-r�if al-�aw�amm. English [author.]
- Sanh�ur�i, Mu�hammad bin Ma�hf�u�z, active 1648, Mu�d�hik dhaw�i al-dhawq wa-al-ni�z�am f�i �hall shadharah min kal�am ahl al-r�if al-�aw�amm [author.]
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- PJ8210
In English and Arabic on facing pages.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Letter from the General Editor; Introduction; Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; Risible Rhymes; Preamble; The Author Declares His Intention to Decode a Sampling of Rural Verse and to Follow This with a Sampling of Hints, Wrangles, and Riddles; A Sampling of the Verse of the Rural Rank and File; A Sampling of Hints and Riddles; A Wrangle over a Line by al-Mutanabb�i; The Author Mentions the Date of Composition of the Work and Apologizes for Its Brevity; Notes; Glossary of Names and Untranslated Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About this E-book.
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