Desert Tracings : Six Classic Arabian Odes by 'Alqama, Shanfara, Labid, 'Antara, Al-A'sha, and Dhu al-Rumma by Michael Sells - 1989-05

Wesleyan University Press, 1989. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Weslayan University Press. Used - Like New. 1989. Trans. from the Arabic. Paperback. Fine. (Subject: Poetry).

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Wesleyan University Press, May 1989. Paper Back. New.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Very Good. 1989. FIRST EDITION"4p; 5 4 pt line. paperback. 8.7 X 5.4 X 0.3 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT...; WHITE & SILVER TITLES ON RED PAPER COVERS COVER ART SHOWING OLD ARABIC TEXT ON MOTTLED BACKGROUND..; 87 pages; According to legend, the Bedouin tribes of pre-Islamic Arabia held poetry competitions during annual fairs near Mecca. The wining poems called Mu’allaqát, or Hanging Odes, were embroidered in gold on banners and suspended from the walls of Arabia’s most sacred shrine, Ka’ba. Desert Tracings is a translation of six classical sixth to eighth century odes. Arabic codes (qasidas) traditionally begin with the relationship of the lover to the loved. .

Wesleyan University Press, 1989-05-15. Trans. from the Arabic ed. paperback. Used:Good.