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Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expo, al-Shirbini, al-Sanhuri, Da-,
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- 2019-04-09
- Title
- Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risib
- ISBN
- 9781479829668
- Book Title
- Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes : Volume Two
- Book Series
- Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Social Science, Humor
- Topic
- Middle Eastern, General, Sociology / Rural
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 380 Pages
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Witty, bawdy, and vicious, Yusuf al-Shirbini's Brains Confounded pits the "coarse" rural masses against the "refined" urban population. In Volume One, al-Shirbini describes the three rural "types"-peasant cultivator, village man-of-religion, and rural dervish-offering anecdotes testifying to the ignorance, dirtiness, and criminality of each. In Volume Two, he presents a hilarious parody of the verse-and-commentary genre so beloved by scholars of his day, with a 47-line poem supposedly written by a peasant named Abu Shaduf, who charts the rise and fall of his fortunes. Wielding the scholarly tools of elite literature, al-Shirbini responds to the poem with derision and ridicule, dotting his satire with digressions into love, food, and flatulence. Volume Two of Brains Confounded is followed by Risible Rhymes , a concise text that includes a comic disquisition on "rural" verse, mocking the pretensions of uneducated poets from Egypt's countryside. Risible Rhymes also examines various kinds of puzzle poems, which were another popular genre of the day, and presents a debate between scholars over a line of verse by the tenth-century poet al-Mutanabbi. Together, Brains Confounded and Risible Rhymes offer intriguing insight into the intellectual concerns of Ottoman Egypt, showcasing the intense preoccupation with wordplay, grammar, and stylistics and shedding light on the literature of the era.
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New York University Press
ISBN-10
1479829668
ISBN-13
9781479829668
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038671519
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes : Volume Two
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Middle Eastern, General, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year
2019
Book Series
Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Social Science, Humor
Number of Pages
380 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number
7
Volume Number
Vol. 2
Reviews
"Lucid and imaginative...the translation is thankfully reliable and delightfully readable...a remarkable achievement in many ways."-Li Guo,Journal of the American Oriental Society, Lucid and imaginative...the translation is thankfully reliable and delightfully readable...a remarkable achievement in many ways., Paints a sharp portrait of Egyptian villagers. . . . This book has long had its passionate Egyptian adherents: both for its bawdy depictions of village life and for its language, which moves deftly between colloquial and 'high' classical expressions.
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2019
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