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The Poetry of Abu'l-Ala Al-Maarri
ISBN: 9781785437922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Abul 'Ala Al-Ma'arri was born in December 973 in modern day Maarrat al-Nu'man, near Aleppo, in Syria. He was a member of the Banu Sulayman, a noted family of Ma'arra, belonging to the larger Tanukh tribe that had formed part of the aristocracy in Syria dating back many hundreds of years. Aged only four he was rendered virtually blind due to smallpox and whilst this was thought to explain his pessimistic outlook on life and his fellow man it seems too young an age to support that. He was educated at Aleppo, Tripoli and Antioch and the area itself was part of the Abbasid Caliphate, the third...
Abul 'Ala Al-Ma'arri was born in December 973 in modern day Maarrat al-Nu'man, near Aleppo, in Syria. He was a member of the Banu Sulayman, a noted fa...
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The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volumes One and Two
ISBN: 9781479834945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Known as -one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature- (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449 H/1057 AD), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qari. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qari's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven, where he meets famous poets and philologists from the past. In al-Maarri's imaginative telling, Ibn al-Qari also glimpses Hell and...
Known as -one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature- (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the leng...
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