Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry: Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption
, by Gruendler,Beatrice- ISBN: 9780415595797 | 0415595797
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 10/6/2010
This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials, and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and even to threat.