Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781479821815
Series Statement:
Library of Arabic Literature 56
Content:
The pre-Islamic warrior-poet 'Antarah ibn Shaddad, a composer of one of the Mu'allaqat, attracted the attention of the philologists who were active in Iraq at the nascence of the scholarly study of Arabic. These philologists collected and studied the diwan of 'Antarah as part of their recovery and codification of the Jahiliyyah: 'Antarah became one of the Six Poets, a collection of pre-Islamic poets associated with al-Asma'i, “the father of Arabic philology.” Two centuries later, in al-Andalus, al-Shantamari and al-Batalyawsi composed their commentaries on the diwans of the Six Poets. This study uncovers the literary history of 'Antarah’s diwan and presents five editions, with critical apparatus, of the extant recensions, based on an extensive collation of the surviving manuscripts.
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9781479821815.001.0001
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479821815
