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Johnson, F. The Seven Poems Suspended from the Temple at Mecca
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| Title: | The Seven Poems Suspended from the Temple at Mecca | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
A collection of seven pre-Islamic Arabic poems, the Mu`llaqat form the most celebrated forms of poetry, and "the place assigned to them by Arab literary men has
not been without a certain overshadowing effect on western criticism in its turn." A tool for students of Arabic literature, this book gives the Arabic text, a literal translation of these poems, and a commentary. Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- The First Poem
- The Second Poem
- The Third Poem
- The Fourth Poem
- The Fifth Poem
- The Sixth Poem
- The Seventh Poem
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| | Johnson, F. The Seven Poems Suspended from the Temple at Mecca | | ISBN: | 1-931956-80-4 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $50.00 | |
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