Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas by Alex Rowell

• Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas
• Alex Rowell
• Page: 224
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• ISBN: 9781849048972
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas by Alex Rowell Abu Nuwas, the pre-eminent bacchic bard of the classical Arabic canon, was loved and reviled in equal measure for his lyrical celebration of Abbasid Baghdad's dissolute nightlife, his cutting satires of religion and the clergy, and the extraordinary range and virtuosity of his literary talent. Vintage Humour contains approximately 120 translations, each replicating the monorhyme scheme of the originals, with commentary where appropriate, a brief history of the poet's life and times, and a glossary of the key themes, motifs, and running jokes of the poems themselves. Based on extensive research with both Arabic and English source materials, Vintage Humour is an illuminating collection, of interest to both general and informed readers with an interest in Islamic studies, Arabic literature, and the history of Iraq and the Middle East.

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Abu Nuwas, the pre-eminent bacchic bard of the classical Arabic canon, was loved and reviled in equal measure for his lyrical celebration of Abbasid Baghdad's dissolute nightlife, his cutting satires of religion and the clergy, and the extraordinary range and virtuosity of his literary talent. 'Vintage Humour'  bol.com | Vintage Humour, Alex Rowell | 9781849048972 | Boeken
'Vintage Humour' contains approximately 120 translations, each replicating the monorhyme scheme of the originals, with commentary where appropriate, a brief Philip Kennedy, Associate Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi and author of 'The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary   Arab poet who worshipped wine - News Ahead
Poetry describing the hedonistic pleasures of wine in the early age of Islam is an unlikely addition to other works delighting in wine, women, and song, but a new compilation, Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas, by the 8th Century Baghdad-based bon vivant, might just change  Alex Rowell (Author of Vintage Humour) - Goodreads
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Category: Books. ISBN: 1849048975. Title: Vintage Humour: The Islamic WinePoetry of Abu Nuwas The Fast Free Shipping. Author: Rowell, Alex. Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. Year Published: 2017. Number of Pages: 224. Book Binding: N/A. Prizes: N/A. Book Condition: VERYGOOD. SKU: GOR009039681  From Cannabis to Cabernet - Roads & Kingdoms
“There is no evidence that wine was purged, or extirpated, from the region,” says Alex Rowell, author of the forthcoming Vintage Humor: The Islamic Wine Poetryof Abu Nuwas, as he swills a “not offensive” white wine outside of a Beirut café. “ Caliphs, from the Umayyad era onwards, were drinkers. Alex Rowell - The Daily Beast
Alex Rowell. Follow @alexjrowell. Alex Rowell is a Beirut-based journalist and author of the upcoming 'Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas' (Hurst Publishers, expected fall 2017). He tweets @alexjrowell. Alex Rowell on Twitter: "Now: Demonstration in solidarity with
Alex RowellVerified account. @alexjrowell · @aljumhuriya_eng editor | @ thedailybeast contributor | Author of 'Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry ofAbu Nuwas' @HurstPublishers http://goo.gl/wU9wWB. Beirut. thedailybeast.com/ contributors/a… Joined September 2011  Abu Nuwas: Selected Poems: Amazon.co.uk: Abu Nuwas, Paul
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Pleased to announce my book, 'Vintage Humour: The Islamic Wine Poetry of AbuNuwas', will be published by +Hurst Publishers this autumn. It's a translation (with introduction, biography, and commentary) of the wine odes of the Oscar Wilde or John Wilmot of 9th-century Baghdad: a notorious inebriate, 

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